imbenching

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ bench +‎ -ing.

Noun

imbenching (plural imbenchings)

1. (obsolete) A raised work like a bench.
   • 1762, John Parkhurst, An Hebrew and English Lexicon: Without Points:

     the base of the heart of the altar, which rested upon the upper imbenching or settle

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “imbenching”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)