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banquettes

banquettes is the plural of banquette.

Meaning of banquette

Noun

banquette (plural banquettes)

  1. A narrow area behind a defensive wall's parapet elevated above its terreplein and used by defenders to shoot at attackers.
  2. A bench built into a wall, especially (military) one built into a wall of a defensive trench, used for sitting and for shooting at attackers.
  3. An upholstered bench, e.g., along a wall of a restaurant or lounge area.
    • Stoned, she would traipse in, overtly sexual in last night's dress, and throw herself exhausted across the banquette.2017, Fiona Lewis, Mistakes Were Made (Some in French), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 165
  4. (dated) A bench or similar seat on top of a diligence or other public vehicle.
    • My brother-in-law […] took refuge in the banquette.1899, Julia Ward Howe, Reminiscences
  5. (Louisiana, Texas) A sidewalk.
    • The boys were dragging along the banquette a small “express wagon,” which they had filled with blocks and sticks.1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Questions about banquettes

What is banquettes the plural of?
Banquettes is the plural of banquette.

Words near banquettes in the dictionary

  1. banquets
  2. banquette
  3. banquetted
  4. banquetter
  5. banquetters
  6. banquettes
  7. banquetting
  8. banquettings
  9. banquine
  10. banquines
  11. Banquo

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