luncheon
A formal meal served in the middle of the day.
Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
(New Zealand) A large, cheap, processed sausage served in thin slices.
(dated) Any midday meal; lunch.
(obsolete) A lump of food.
(obsolete) A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast.
At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
(dated) To eat a formal meal served in the middle of the day.
In the meantime, while ladies are luncheoning on chicken pie, or coursing in whirling britskas, performing all the singular ceremonies of a London morning in the heart of the season […]
(rare) To serve a formal meal in the middle of the day to.
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