nooning
Lunch break halt
Nooning is a midday rest or meal break, especially one taken during travel or outdoor work.
The word is old-fashioned and rural, evoking a time when the midday sun made labor impractical: The farmhands took their nooning under the oak tree.
It can refer to the meal itself or the period of rest.
Midday rest
- napBrief daytime rest
- restCessation of activity
- reposePeaceful stillness or calm
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
respite · downtime · catnap · doze · snooze · slumber · drowse · shuteye
Midday meal
- picnicOutdoor casual meal
- sandwichFilling between bread slices
- cold-cutsPrecooked sliced meats
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
siesta
Midday rest
pause · respite · downtime · catnap · doze · snooze · slumber · drowse · shuteye · intermission
lunch
Midday meal
provisions · victuals · repast · spread · fare · refreshments · lunchbox
harvest
Gathering mature crops
custom
Habitual group practice
- ruralOf the countryside
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
heritage · agrarian · folkways · bygone · historical · homestead · frontier · pioneer · colonial
nooningsupper
Evening repast
evening meal · dinner · nightcap · breakfast · midnight snack
nooningworking through
Addressing something systematically
laboring · toiling · pressing on · continuing · traveling
noon, afternoon, noonday, forenoon, midafternoon, noontime, noontide