banqueting house, banquet house

A house specially constructed or used for luxurious entertainments. 44 ...presented his credentials in the Banqueting house."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xvi. banqueting-room, s . A room constructed or used for luxurious entertainments. ban-quětte', băn-quět (qu as k), s . [Fr. = a small bench, a long seat stuffed and covered; a causeway, footpath, or pavement.] Fortif.: A small bank at the foot of a parapet, on which soldiers mount when they fire. † băng, s . pl . [BAN (1).]