subclause

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ clause

Noun

subclause (plural subclauses)

1. (grammar) A subordinate clause.
2. A subsidiary clause in a legal contract etc.

Verb

subclause (third-person singular simple present subclauses, present participle subclausing, simple past and past participle subclaused)

1. (transitive) To qualify with a subclause.
   • 1970, Yale/Theatre, volumes 3-4, page 86:

     Too many serious reviews are subclaused, hyperbolic conscious, egotistical and self-indulgent, not to mention boring.

   • 2002, New Scientist, volume 176, numbers 2367-2375, page 57:

     In a light dry style, free from academic subclausing, the ever-acute Smith gets right into the minutiae of these communities - who is growing what and why - and how it affects the neighbours.

   • 2016, Adam Fletcher, How to be German - Part 2: in 50 new steps:

     However, in their execution, they can be too exacting, too demanding, creating a practicality monster that rampages through German society in its high-visibility jacket, measuring, judging, clausing, subclausing, contracting, securing, […]