benchletn.
/ˈbɛn(t)ʃlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈbɛn(t)ʃlət/ A little bench; †a stool (obsolete).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > bench > [noun] > little bench
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1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xxi. vii. 620 Three little benchlets or stools, covered with green cloth, stood before him, on which he had his feet lying.
1884 ‘Judge Wiglittle’ 10 Years Police Judge xvi. 165 The petit judge might sit on his benchlet.
1921 Trans. First World's Poultry Congr. at Hague-Scheveningen iv. 366 On this benchlet is placed the poularde with its feet folded under its wings.
1964 V. Nabokov tr. A. S. Pushkin Eugene Onegin I. 163 On a benchlet, before the youthful heroine, a kerchief on her hoary head, the little old crone.
2016 metropolitancollective 7 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) [They] received a grant to build a series of benchlets for summer 2016. Consisting almost entirely of wooden pallets, the benchlets create seating and planter boxes in a fast, sustainable and cost-effective way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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