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banquette noun 1 a built-in wall-sofa used instead of individual seats, eg in a restaurant. 2 archit a raised walkway inside a parapet or on the bottom of a trench.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c in sense 2: French, from Italian banchetta little seat.