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Qué (quién) es banquette - definición
FOOT PATH ALONG THE INSIDE OF A RAMPART OR PARAPET
Banquettes
banquette
(banquettes)
A banquette is a long, low, cushioned seat. Banquettes are usually long enough for more than one person to sit on at a time.
N-COUNT
banquette
[ba?'k?t]
¦ noun
1. an upholstered bench along a wall.
2. a raised step behind a rampart.
Origin
C17: from Fr., from Ital. banchetta, dimin. of banca (see bank2).
Banquette
·noun A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.
II. Banquette ·add. ·noun A bench or seat for passengers on the top of a diligence or other public vehicle.
III. Banquette ·noun A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.
Wikipedia
Banquette
A banquette is a small footpath or elevated step along the inside of a rampart or parapet of a fortification. Musketeers atop it were able to view the counterscarp, or fire on enemies in the moat. A typical size is a foot and a half (approximately half a metre) high, and almost three feet (approximately 90 cm) wide.
Ejemplos de uso de banquette
1. Joe sat beside me on a banquette in a small restaurant.
2. Their old club friends have escaped, Jassem said, leaning back on the banquette, his eyes moistening.
3. In the back of the room, Zaid Mohammed, a 20–year–old engineering student in a dapper gray suit, shared a banquette with his parents.
4. The first lot to sell to an Internet bidder was a Victorian banquette for $1,680, above its estimate of $800–1,200.
5. But the thought of manoeuvring herself into a banquette while a dozen social X–rays gaze meanly on is just too unbearable.