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/baŋˈkɛt/, U.S. /bæŋˈkɛt/ 1. A raised way running along the inside of a rampart or parapet, or bottom of a trench, on which soldiers stand to fire at the enemy.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > parapet > firing platform
foot bench?1575
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fire-step1915
1629 tr. S. Pelegromius Descr. S'hertogenbosh 19 We began to make..Trenches with double bankets or feet benches.
a1757 P. H. Bruce Memoirs (1782) i. 28 Six officers..sitting in a row on the banquet, had their legs all shot off.
1877 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 6) IV. xiii. 311 Korniloff mounted the banquette at the projecting angle of the bastion.
2. The footway of a bridge, or other thoroughfare, when raised above the carriage-way.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > by side of street or road
plainstones1611
flanker1682
side pavement1685
footwalk1701
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flag-way1800
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pedway1965
1772 C. Hutton Princ. Bridges v. 83 The banquet or raised foot way on each side, leaving a sufficient breadth in the middle for horses and carriages.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 929 Banquet, the footway of a bridge when raised above the carriage-way.
1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Banquette, the name for a side-walk in some of our Southern cities.
3. The long low bench behind the driver in a French ‘diligence’ or omnibus.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > omnibus > types of seat in
knife-board1852
banquette1859
garden seat1884
fauteuil1931
1859 All Year Round 10 Dec. 151 A peasant in blue blouse, who was in the banquette with me.
4. An upholstered bench-like seat.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > bench > [noun] > other types of bench
rout seat1819
banquette1851
rusbank1868
park bench1874
1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. vii. 87 [In Mexico] The ball room was a large oblong sala, with a ‘banquette’ running all round it.
1933 Archit. Rev. 74 242 (caption) A view across the counter from the serving side shows the wide recess round which runs a long low banquette covered in a brilliant red tartan.
1953 Archit. Rev. 113 168/1 (caption) Banquette seating in the staff cafeteria.
1958 E. Dundy Dud Avocado i. vi. 92 Along the walls [of the café] ran a banquette upholstered in very old red plush.
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