aftercourse

== English == === Etymology === From after- +‎ course. === Noun === aftercourse (plural aftercourses) The course (sequence of events or actions) that follows something; subsequent course. (archaic) The final course of a meal. Synonym: dessert 1992, John B. Keane, Durango, Boulder, CO: Roberts Rinehart, Chapter 13, p. 178,[9] They heated the last of the bacon and cabbage in their tin pannies. There was also some cold boiled potatoes in the provisions. These served as an aftercourse and a special treat they were […] (obsolete) A subsequent course of study. 1892, F. J. Campbell, “The Education of the Blind” in C. E. Shelly (ed.), Transactions of the Seventh International Congress of Hygiene and Demography, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, Section 4, pp. 231-232,[11] […] I am confident that the nation will not be satisfied until we have a complete system, not only of elementary education, but an after course of training which will so prepare all the young blind of average ability that when they arrive at a suitable age for business they will become producers, and not, as hitherto, sink into semi-pauperism.