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kɪt 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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| —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 | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
One of the two dining rooms is light and airy, with a banquette covered in champagne tones.
We talked in the restaurant downstairs from the lobby, in a banquette where she would not be seen, so not bothered.
She sort of sat on it, and as the lunch went on she would slide lower and lower on the banquette, because the coat was silk-lined.
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