Round Table

King Arthur's table in the Arthurian legend, around which he and his knights congregate, all having equal status since the table has no head.

Proper noun

  1. King Arthur's table in the Arthurian legend, around which he and his knights congregate, all having equal status since the table has no head.
    • Then, after a while, King Arthur said: "Let us go and see if, haply, this youth's name is marked upon any of the seats of the Round Table, for I think it should be there." - 1905, Howard Pyle, The Story of the Champions...

Origin

From Middle English rounde table, table rounde, a calque of Old French table rounde.

Forms

the Round Table