noun
Dated term for breakfast; in modern Japanese, 朝食 (ちょうしょく) or 朝ご飯 (あさごはん) are far more common.
昔の小説には「朝餉の支度」といった表現が出てくる。
In old novels, expressions like 'preparing breakfast' appear.
Compound of 朝 (あさ, 'morning') and 餉 (げ, 'meal'). The second element is an old reading for 'meal' or 'food', now largely obsolete outside this compound.