water bench

American  

noun

1. a Pennsylvania Dutch dresser having a lower portion closed with doors for milk pails, an open shelf for water pails, and an upper section with shallow drawers.

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Example Sentences

He made his uncertain way to the water bench, took a great drink, and set about washing his face and hands, while the breakfast proceeded in silence.

From The Cow Puncher by Stead, Robert J. C.

Then he had set the can down on the water bench beside the door and gone away.

From The Uphill Climb by Bower, B. M.

Van plunged out to the water bench, with its bucket, near the door.

From The Furnace of Gold by Marchand, J. N.

She flew into the schoolhouse to the water bench, and seizing the water bucket, flew out.

From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Ritchie, Lily Munsell