Dictionary entry

Bench (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bench (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Benched (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Benching.] 1. To furnish with benches.

'T was benched with turf.

Dryden.

Stately theaters benched crescentwise.

Tennyson.

2. To place on a bench or seat of honor.

Whom I... have benched and reared to worship.

Shak.