noun
Dated term for lunch; in modern Japanese 昼食 (ちゅうしょく) or 昼ごはん are far more common. Still understood, but sounds old-fashioned.
祖母は昼餉のことを「ひるげ」と言っていた。
My grandmother used to call lunch 'hiruge'.
古い小説に「昼餉を済ませる」という表現が出てきた。
The expression 'finish one's midday meal' appeared in an old novel.
Compound of 昼 (hiru, 'noon') and 餉 (ge, 'meal'). The reading げ for 餉 is an older Sino-Japanese reading; the word is now dated.