high table
high table noun: a dining table for the use of fellows and their guests at certain traditional and prestigious academic institutions.
Noun
high table (plural high tables)
- A dining table for the use of fellows and their guests at certain traditional and prestigious academic institutions.
- No one feeds at the high table except the dons and the gentlemen-commoners, who are undergraduates in velvet caps and silk gowns[.]1859–1861, [Thomas Hughes], chapter I, in Tom Brown at Oxford: […], part 1st, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1861, →OCLC, page 12
high table meaning in Tamil
high table in Tamil
- மேன்மையர் மேசை
Forms of high table
| plural | high tables |
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Origin of high table
It is usually on a raised platform at the end of the dining hall, hence higher than the other tables.
Questions about high table
- What does high table mean?
- High table means a dining table for the use of fellows and their guests at certain traditional and prestigious academic institutions.
- What is high table in Tamil?
- High table in Tamil is மேன்மையர் மேசை. See High table meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is high table?
- High table is a noun.
- What is the plural of high table?
- The plural of high table is high tables.
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