banquette
/bæŋˈkɛt/
noun
- A long upholstered bench or seat, often placed against a wall, especially in a restaurant or bar.
- She slid into the banquette next to the window and ordered coffee.
- The diner's banquette seats were comfortable and offered a good view of the room.
- We sat on a red banquette in the corner of the restaurant.
- A raised platform or ledge behind a defensive wall or trench, used by soldiers to stand on while firing.
- The fort's banquette allowed defenders to fire at attackers from a protected position.
- Historians studied the remains of the banquette along the old trench line.
- The soldiers stood on the banquette to shoot over the top of the earthwork.