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

Since the floor of our hut was thus sodden, we could not sleep on it, but had to make our bed on the bench table, and very hard it was.

From Palm Tree Island by Strang, Herbert

They brought me into this very rough shelter, a draughty grass room, with a bench, table, and one chair in it. 

From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

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.