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