principal meal

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The airing should be taken in the middle of the day, when the weather is temperate, or before the principal meal.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

The first consisted of a very few kinds of coarse food,—generally not more than two or three at once,—such as coarse whole-meal bread, rice, potatoes, apples, etc., and was the principal meal.

From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)

Many people rest better at night if their principal meal is taken at the middle of the day.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

There are, however, cases in which it seems better that the principal meal should be taken in accordance with the old custom, about noon time.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

The canoes are moored by strong piassaba ropes in some recess of the bank, where they are protected against drifting trunks; the tents are erected, and preparations ensue for the principal meal.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various