Bench table

A bench table (French: banc; Italian: sedile; German: Bank) is a low stone seat which runs round the interior of the walls of many large churches. Bench tables are also found around the bases of pillars, and in porches and cloisters.[1]

References
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bench Table". Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 716.
  1. Passmore, Augustine C. (1904). Handbook of Technical Terms Used in Architecture and Building and Their Allied Trades and Subjects. Scott, Greenwood, and Company. p. 42.


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