Bench Etymology
The literal use is in reference to an angle iron stuck in the ground as a support bench for the leveling staff.
Bench etymology. A thwart in a boat c. Figurative sense is from 1884. An ottoman is a form of couch that usually has a head but no back although sometimes it has neither.
It may have square or semicircular ends and as a rule it is what upholsterers call overstuffed meaning no wood is visible. Bench n old english benc long seat especially one without a back from proto germanic bankon source also of old frisian bank bench old norse bekkr danish bænk middle dutch banc old high german banch the group is cognate with bank n 2 natural earthen incline beside a body of water and perhaps the original notion is man made earthwork used as a seat. Ties that bind ironman.
Definition of bench in the fine dictionary. Benchmark n also bench mark surveyor s point of reference 1838 from a specialized surveyors use of bench n mark n 1. Meaning of bench with illustrations and photos.
The term benchmark or bench mark originates from the chiseled horizontal marks that surveyors made in stone structures into which an angle iron could be placed to form a bench for a leveling rod thus ensuring that a leveling rod could be accurately repositioned in the same place in the future these marks were usually indicated with a chiseled arrow below the horizontal line. Middle english from old english benc. In this case bank means bench but because the bench is where the money handlers sat in the market bank also came to mean the house of financial transactions in french spanish banco and italian.
It may be used as a stool footstool or as an alternative to a sofa. Bench third person singular simple present benches present participle benching simple past and past participle benched transitive and intransitive colloquial to lift by bench pressing i heard he can bench 150 pounds. From bench press by shortening.
The place where a judge sits in court asked counsel to approach the bench compare bar 1a dock jury box sidebar law dictionary bench bench n. Akin to old high german bank bench date. 1 a seat on which the members of an athletic team await a 8230.