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Astolat

American  
[as-tl-at, -aht] / ˈæs tlˌæt, -ˌɑt /

noun

  1. a place in the Arthurian romances, possibly in Surrey, England.


Astolat British  
/ ˈæstəʊˌlæt /

noun

  1. a town in Arthurian legend: location unknown

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It is a style that also allows individual episodes to shine: best of all when Mariah Gale's touching Elaine of Astolat pines and dies, out of unrequited love for Launcelot, before ascending into the heavens.

From The Guardian Jun. 18, 2010

The mood became reminiscent: the love-blighted lily of Astolat guarding the wayward knight's shield in a tower, pining away.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was not a lily maid of Astolat they saw, but a middle-aged woman whose hands, in stiff-looking gloves, grasped a pair of beads obediently.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

You will find no lodging in Astolat this night, for all places are full.

From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Pyle, Howard

Now there was among those knights who were with Sir Gawaine and Sir Mador a certain old and very worthy knight of Astolat, hight Sir Bernard, surnamed of Astolat.

From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Pyle, Howard

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