Also bye-. [f. BY- 3 a, c, d + PLOT.]
† 1. An outlying plot of ground. Obs.
1577–87. Harrison, Descr. Brit., xix. 114. Ech surveior amendeth such by-plots and lanes as seeme best for his own commoditie.
2. A subordinate plot by the side of the main one; a plot within a plot.
1850. Merivale, Rom. Emp. (1865), III. xxiv. 93. In an era of revolution there are always by-plots … parallel … with the main action of the drama.
1859. Kingsley, Misc., II. 121. This bye-plot runs through the play.
