Astolat
Americannoun
noun
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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
Now that same night whilst Sir Launcelot lay thus wounded in the hermit's cell in the forest, a great feast was held at Astolat in the presence of King Arthur.
From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle
Here you shall also read the history of Elaine the Fair, the King's daughter of Corbin, and of how for her sake Sir Launcelot fought in the tournament at Astolat.
From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle
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