Defn: To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to
feast.
Just in time to banquet The illustrious company assembled there.
Coleridge.
BANQUET
Ban"quet, v.i.
1. To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast. Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets, I would not taste thy treasonous offer. Milton.
2. To partake of a dessert after a feast. [Obs.] Where they did both sup and banquet. Cavendish.
BANQUETTE
Ban*quette", n. Etym: [F. See Banquet, n.]
1. (Fort.)
Defn: A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.
BANQUETTER; BANQUETER
Ban"quet*ter, n.