= ordinary, n. in various senses.

(a) a public record or archive; (b) a common table for guests at an inn or hotel; = table d'hôte, n.

A meal regularly available at a fixed price in a restaurant, public house, tavern, etc. Formerly also: the company frequenting such a meal, the…

a meal supplied from a college buttery or kitchen, and costing a penny.

An ordinary meal or entertainment for a company or household. Obsolete.

a dinner held for the members of a school, college, or other institution.

A meal consisting of a set menu at a fixed price; (in early use) such a meal eaten at a shared table. Cf. prix fixe, n., à la carte, adj.

slang. Food, ‘grub’; also, a (public) meal.

Meals eaten together in public.

gen. A communal meal. Cf. table, n. 6b. Obsolete.

transferred. The dinner in a college hall.

North American. A communal meal to which those invited all bring a dish to share, sometimes without arranging beforehand which dish to bring. Also…

a common meal, mess.