banquette

[ bang-ket; locally bang-kit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a long bench with an upholstered seat, especially one along a wall, as in a restaurant.
an embankment for buttressing the base of a levee and forming a berm.
Chiefly Coastal Louisiana and East Texas. a sidewalk, especially a raised one of bricks or planks.
Fortification. a platform or step along the inside of a parapet, for soldiers to stand on when firing.
a ledge running across the back of a buffet.
a bench for passengers on top of a stagecoach.

banquette

/ bæŋˈkɛt /

1620–30; < French < Provençal banqueta, equivalent to banc bench ( bank ³ ) + -eta -ette

C17: from French, from Provençal banqueta , literally: a little bench, from banc bench; see bank ³

Best Seat in the House: The leather banquette directly across from the bar.

Dunst was hanging in a banquette with the designers of Rodarte.

The boys were dragging along the banquette a small "express wagon," which they had filled with blocks and sticks.

Edna rang the bell at this side garden gate, and stood upon the banquette, waiting to be admitted.

Victor escorted her out upon the banquette, lifted her parasol, and held it over her while he walked to the car with her.

They finally gained the banquette, or platform, after a difficult and exhausting climb.

Rallying on the banquette, upon the return of the others, they in turn drove the Indians out of the fort.

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