banquette

noun5

1. •
   A bench built into a wall, especially (military) one built into a wall of a defensive trench, used for sitting and for shooting at attackers.
2. •
   An upholstered bench, e.g., along a wall of a restaurant or lounge area.

   • Stoned, she would traipse in, overtly sexual in last night's dress, and throw herself exhausted across the banquette. — 2017
3. •
   (old-fashioned) A bench or similar seat on top of a diligence or other public vehicle.

   • My brother-in-law […] took refuge in the banquette. — 1899
4. •
   A narrow area behind a defensive wall's parapet elevated above its terreplein and used by defenders to shoot at attackers.
5. •
   A sidewalk.

   • The boys were dragging along the banquette a small “express wagon,” which they had filled with blocks and sticks. — 1899