nooning

[ noo-ning ]

/ ˈnu nɪŋ /

noontime.

an interval at noon for rest or food.

a rest or meal at noon.

Origin of nooning

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at noon, -ing¹

At the nooning Carlisle and Cecil will bring me the opinions of the captains, land and sea.

Sir Mortimer |Mary Johnston
Nooning, an interval for rest and refreshment, taken at midday by travellers in hot countries.

The Slang Dictionary |John Camden Hotten
It was the nooning hour, and the men at their limited leisure lay in the sun on the piles of lumber, like lizards.

The Ordeal |Charles Egbert Craddock
When the girls went in to dinner the men had finished theirs, and were lounging in the shady yard enjoying their nooning.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 |Various

After nooning we traveled up another very tedious hill and down into a valley and camped for the night.

Wilford Woodruff |Matthias F. Cowley

nooning

/ (ˈnuːnɪŋ) /

a midday break for rest or food

midday; noon