bench table

noun

, Architecture.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bench table¹

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

The Decorated vaulting-shafts are again in clusters of three, but rise from the bench-table and break the string-course.

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Along the south wall of this aisle, as along the north wall of the corresponding north aisle, a stone bench-table runs.

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The walls are indented with a recessed arcade, and carry a bench table.

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I drew a sealed inclosure from my pocket and laid it on the work-bench table.

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