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Banquette meaning
A narrow area behind a defensive wall's parapet elevated above its terreplein and used by defenders to shoot at attackers. | 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. | An upholstered bench, e.g., along a wall of a restaurant or lounge area.
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It’s a crisp October afternoon, and is sprawled across a banquette at London’s Chiltern Firehouse.
Next to it is the dining area, with custom lighting and a built-in maple banquette.
A copper vent hood and banquette table with metal casters continue the European approach of mixed metals and materials.
A customized banquette with decorative tin tiles under the counter will be on display inside.
One can easily peer down the entire length of the wooden banquette with a tilt of the head and then retreat back to the relative privacy of “The Cave”.
On the land side of high levees, a low terrace of earth known as a banquette is usually added as another anti-erosion measure.