subs. (Charterhouse School).—Evening preparation at ‘house,’ under the superintendence of a monitor; the Winchester TOY-TIME (q.v.). [See FARMER: Public School Word-Book.]
1900. A. H. TOD, Charterhouse, 81. The visit of a house master to ‘BANCO’ was intensely resented. Ibid., p. 95. The term ‘BANCO’ was suggested by H. W. Phillott, afterwards Canon of Hereford … in 1832 or a little later.
