banquette

noun

1. a long bench with an upholstered seat, especially one along a wall, as in a restaurant.
2. an embankment for buttressing the base of a levee and forming a berm.
3. Chiefly Coastal Louisiana and East Texas. a sidewalk, especially a raised one of bricks or planks.
4. Fortification. a platform or step along the inside of a parapet, for soldiers to stand on when firing.
5. a ledge running across the back of a buffet.
6. a bench for passengers on top of a stagecoach.

noun

1. an upholstered bench
2. (formerly) a raised part behind a parapet
3. a footbridge