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banquette::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bench |
Examples of banquette
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Customers want to wet their throats moments after settling into their banquette.
From the sfgate.com
Garlands of plastic flowers are strung along a banquette, adding a bit of color.
From the sacbee.com
There's also a breakfast nook with banquette seating that opens to a rear deck.
From the sfgate.com
Although the ceiling is high, it is a single-level room with banquette seating.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Small banquette seating on the left, maybe 4 tables and a small bar on the right.
From the gothamgal.com
It's a long, narrow room with a row of banquette tables running along one wall.
From the ocregister.com
The gourmet kitchen has Thermador appliances, a center island and a banquette.
From the latimes.com
Inside, the curved banquette closest to the street window is great for groups.
From the sfgate.com
The spacious main deck's bow is lined with windows and a wraparound wool banquette.
From the guardian.co.uk
- An upholstered bench
- In fortification, a banquette is a little foot path or elevated step along the inside of a rampart or parapet, by which the musketeers get up to view the counterscarp, or to fire on the enemies in the moat. ...
- A (typically upholstered) bench-like seat that runs along a wall; A similar bench in a military trench which soldiers stand on to shoot; A sidewalk
- Built-in or free-standing upholstered bench: straight-run, back-to-back, L-shaped, island, U-shaped, octagonal, circular, radius-U, saw-tooth, serpentine.
- A continuous step or ledge at the interior base of a parapet on which defenders stood to direct musket fire over the top of the wall. A fire step.
- The name for a side-walk in some of Southern cities.
- A long upholstered seat, settee or bench, that's usually built-in. Term also refers to the ledge at the back of a buffet.
- A bench seat (often with a seat cushion) that is often used in a kitchen, sometimes built into the wall.
- 1629. A raised way running along the inside of a parapet, or bottom of a trench, on which soldiers stand to fire at the enemy.
