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

Example Sentences

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

All the woodwork around the walls, every bench, table, and desk, I went over four times with my dusting cloth.

From Analyzing Character by Blackford, Katherine M. H.

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 Stephens, John Lloyd

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 Perkins, Thomas, Rev.