bench table

American  

noun

Architecture.

1. a course of masonry forming a bench at the foot of a wall.

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Etymology

Origin of bench table

First recorded in 1665–75

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Example Sentences

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bench table

The agency estimated that new bench table saws would cost $338 to $1,210 more with the finger-detection system.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2024

Jodie was sitting on a bench table with her back to them.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2019

Farther to the west, beyond the steps leading down from the choir, is a Perpendicular chantry, known as the Harys chantry; it has open tracery above cusped panels, canopied niches, and a panelled bench table.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Rev. Thomas Perkins

Either aisle opens into the transept with a massive arch resembling those of the north main arcade, and has along the foot of its wall a bench table, from which rise the vaulting-shafts.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric by Cecil Walter Charles Hallett

There was a sort of second story, accessible only by a ladder; and one end of this was partitioned off with boards, but had neither bench, table, nor any other article of housekeeping.

From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by John Lloyd Stephens

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