nooning

They halted for a nooning; the oxen browsed a little on sage brush and dried grass; the men lunched on crackers, cold coffee and the remnants of breakfast, but our water keg was empty.

From A Gold Hunter's Experience by Chalkley J. Hambleton

Is this more pleasant to you than the whir Of meadow lark, and its sweet roundelay, Or twitter of little fieldfares, as you take Your nooning in the shade of bush and brake?

From Conservation Reader by Harold W. (Harold Wellman) Fairbanks

Nevertheless, the lad got up, tried the dibble with his left hand, and saying, “Thanks, Charlie,” dropped down upon the fragrant sod and was speedily asleep, for a generous nooning was allowed the industrious lads.

From The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas by W. A. (William Allen) Rogers

Why, is this where you spend your nooning, Cloud?

From Cloudy Jewel by Grace Livingston Hill

A sudden hammering of a street rail in the street below notified him the nooning was over, and that the workmen had gone back to their labors.

From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews