BANQUETTE

noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from Old Occitan banqueta, diminutive of banc bench, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English benc bench Date: 1629 1. a raised way along the inside of a parapet or trench for gunners or guns, sidewalk , 2. a long upholstered bench, a sofa having one roll-over arm, a built-in usually upholstered bench along a wall