[bang-ket; locally bang-kit for 3] 
| 1. | a long bench with an upholstered seat, esp. one along a wall, as in a restaurant. |
| 2. | an embankment for buttressing the base of a levee and forming a berm. |
| 3. | Chiefly Coastal Louisiana and East Texas. a sidewalk, esp. a raised one of bricks or planks. |
| 4. | Fortification. a platform or step along the inside of a parapet, for soldiers to stand on when firing. |
| 5. | a ledge running across the back of a buffet. |
| 6. | a bench for passengers on top of a stagecoach. |
| ban·quette (bāng-kět') n.
[French, from Provençal banqueta, diminutive of banca, bench, of Germanic origin.] |
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