banquette

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

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.

Origin of banquette

1620–30; <French <Provençal banqueta, equivalent to banc bench (see bank³) + -eta-ette

Words Nearby banquette

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How to use banquette in a sentence

Best Seat in the House: The leather banquette directly across from the bar.
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Dunst was hanging in a banquette with the designers of Rodarte.
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The boys were dragging along the banquette a small "express wagon," which they had filled with blocks and sticks.
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Edna rang the bell at this side garden gate, and stood upon the banquette, waiting to be admitted.
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Victor escorted her out upon the banquette, lifted her parasol, and held it over her while he walked to the car with her.
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They finally gained the banquette, or platform, after a difficult and exhausting climb.
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Rallying on the banquette, upon the return of the others, they in turn drove the Indians out of the fort.
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British Dictionary definitions for banquette

banquette

/ (bæŋˈkɛt) /

noun

an upholstered bench
(formerly) a raised part behind a parapet

a footbridge

Origin of banquette

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

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