What does "bench" mean?

Additional senses

1. 2.The seat where judges sit in court. To pluck down justice from your awful bench. Shak.
2. 3.The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.
3. 4.A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
4. 5.A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river. Bench mark (Leveling), one of a number of marks along a line of survey, affixed to permanent objects, to show where leveling staffs were placed. -- Bench of bishops, the whole body of English prelates assembled in council. -- Bench plane, any plane used by carpenters and joiners for working a flat surface, as jack planes, long planes. -- Bench show, an exhibition of dogs. -- Bench table (Arch.), a projecting course at the base of a building, or round a pillar, sufficient to form a seat.
5. 6.To furnish with benches. 'T was benched with turf. Dryden. Stately theaters benched crescentwise. Tennyson.
6. 7.To place on a bench or seat of honor. Whom I . . . have benched and reared to worship. Shak.
7. 8.To sit on a seat of justice. [R.] Shak.