noun
- a long upholstered bench, especially one built along a wall
- a raised sidewalk or embankment
Usage: civil engineering
Examples
- The restaurant featured cozy banquettes along the windows.
- We sat on the velvet banquette in the corner booth.
- The designer chose a curved banquette for the breakfast nook.
- The banquette provided extra seating for the dinner party.
- Engineers built a banquette to protect the road from flooding.
- The historic banquette ran alongside the old city street.