subentryn.
/ˈsʌbˌɛntri/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌɛntri/ In a catalogue, dictionary, index, etc.: an entry which forms part of a larger entry; a subsidiary entry.
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1851 Catal. Libr. Inst. Civil Engineers Pref. p. vi The Transactions and Minutes of Proceedings of Societies, are all arranged under the word ‘Transactions’ as the principal entry, the name of the Society or Institution being taken for the sub-entry.
1876 C. A. Cutter Rules Dict. Catal. in Public Libraries U.S.A.: Special Rep.: Pt. II (Dept. Interior, Bureau Educ.) 13 Class entry with specific or class subentry.
1922 Econ. Jrnl. 32 115 China-ware, which is taxed according to the destination to which it is consigned, has 43 entries with 39 sub-entries.
1979 G. N. Knight Indexing vi. 106 If it is a sub-entry itself that errs with excessive references, then the remedy is to turn it into a cross-reference to a separate heading having its own sub-entries.
1994 Internat. Jrnl. Lexicogr. 7 289 The Nihongo daijiten (definition 5) gives yamato-damashii as an entry word, and the other three dictionaries as a yamato subentry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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