high table

noun

, British.

1. the table in the dining hall of a college, reserved for senior members of the college and distinguished guests.

high table

noun

1. sometimes capitals the table, sometimes elevated, in the dining hall of a school, college, etc, at which the principal teachers, fellows, etc, sit

Word History and Origins

Origin of high table¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

Example Sentences

It was a pleasant place for a land so bleak, even in summer, as that country of high table-lands and rolling gray hills.

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The place of honour was not on a dais at the inmost end of the hall, like the high table in college halls.

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Poppi sits on a high table rock, its feet washed by the flowing Arno.

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A green-clothed promontory extended abruptly from the high table-land into King's-meadow.

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From this high table land the rivers of Hindostan, China, and Siberia all take their sources.

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