benched,ppl.a.|bɛnʃt| [f.prec. + -ed.] a. Furnished with benches. b. Seated on a bench. 1394P. Pl. Crede 205 An halle Wiþ brode bordes aboute y-benched wel clene.1636Heywood Loves Mistr. v. i. Wks. 1874 V. 148 Minos bench'd.1873R. Broughton Nancy III. 72, I sit benched among the old women.