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Definition of Benching
1. Noun. An instance of a person being removed temporarily from an active role in a group or team activity. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of bench) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Benching
1. bench [v] - See also: bench
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benching
Literary usage of Benching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Limestone Resources and the Lime Industry in Ohio by Edward Orton, Samuel Vernon Peppel (1906)
"benching.—benching or stripping is limited to the outcrops, removing the
superincumbent earth and shale with plow and scraper, or wheelbarrow and shovel, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Harbour Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1908)
"... Nature and Characteristics—Settlement—Wall Foundations— Piers—Piling—Limiting
Loads—Surface Treatment—Levelling—benching—Deposition of Concrete under ..."
3. Principles and Practice of Harbour Construction by William Shield (1895)
"... benching rock—Steeply inclined strata—Advantages of staging as compared with
over-end machines in preparing foundations—Under-water mass-concrete ..."
4. Gardening (1905)
"The first ripe fruit was picked December 24 from each of the varieties Combination,
Lorillard, and Best of All. This was forty-seven days after benching. ..."
5. Indian Storage Reservoirs with Earthen Dams: Being a Practical Treatise on by William Lumisden Strange (1913)
"To prevent this the benching should be designed with base-slopes inclined downwards
from the natural gorge-slopes, so that the earthwork of the dam during ..."
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