Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bench \Bench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Benching}.]
   1. To furnish with benches.

            'T was benched with turf.             --Dryden.

            Stately theaters benched crescentwise. --Tennyson.

   2. To place on a bench or seat of honor.

            Whom I . . . have benched and reared to worship.
                                                  --Shak.