banquette

[bang-ket; locally bang-kit for 3] Origin

ban·quette

[bang-ket; locally bang-kit for 3]
noun
1.
a long bench with an upholstered seat, especially 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, especially 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.
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6.
a bench for passengers on top of a stagecoach.
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Origin:
1620–30; < French < Provençal banqueta, equivalent to banc bench (see bank3) + -eta -ette
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Banquette is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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banquette (bæŋˈkɛt)
 
n
1.  an upholstered bench
2.  (formerly) a raised part behind a parapet
3.  a footbridge
 
[C17: from French, from Provençal banqueta, literally: a little bench, from banc bench; see bank³]

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banquette
1620s, "raised platform in a fortification," from Fr. banquette (15c.), from It. banchetta, dim. of banca "bench, shelf" (see bank (1)).
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