御お台だい盤ばん

noun

dining table

Historical term for a dining table, especially in aristocratic or court settings.

• 御お台だい盤ばんの上うえには、季き節せつの料りょう理りが美うつくしく並ならべられていた。

  Seasonal dishes were beautifully arranged on the dining table.

noun

cooked rice

Archaic term used in the secret language of court ladies; not used in modern Japanese.

• 宮きゅう中ちゅうの女にょう房ぼうたちは、御お台だい盤ばんと称しょうしてご飯はんを指さしたという。

  Court ladies are said to have referred to cooked rice as 御台盤.