vbl. sb. [f. BENCH + -ING1.] a. The action of the vb. BENCH. b. Benching up: working on the top of coal (Raymond, Mining Gloss., 1881). c. concr. A provision or range of benches or seats.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XIX. cxxix. 938. Diuerticulum is a benchynge besyde the waye.
1866. Howells, Venet. Life, xx. 335. The benching that passes round the shop.
