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.
My grandmother used to call lunch 'hiruge'.
The expression 'finish one's midday meal' appeared in an old novel.
Informal, somewhat rough word for lunch; often used by men.
Primary kanji form for this dated word; 餉 is a non-jōyō kanji meaning 'meal'.
Rarely used kanji form; more commonly read ちゅうしょく or ひるめし.
A native compound of 昼 “midday” and 餉, read け, an old word for food or a meal.