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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Table d'hôte

/(tȧ"bl' dōt`)/ · Ta·ble d'hôte · IPA /ˌtɑːblə ˈdəʊt/
01 A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.
pl. Tables d'hôte ((#))
  1. 1.
    A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.
  2. 2.
    Now, commonly, a meal, usually of several preselected and fixed courses, in a restaurant, hotel, or the like, for which one pays a fixed price. Sometimes, a meal with optional courses for which one pays a fixed price irrespective of what one orders; but the latter is usuallyt referred to as a pris fixe meal or a a la carte meal. Often used adjectively; as, a table-d'hôte meal.