disbench

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ bench.

Verb

disbench (third-person singular simple present disbenches, present participle disbenching, simple past and past participle disbenched)

1. (transitive) To drive from a bench or seat.
   • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     My words disbenched you not.

2. (transitive, UK, law) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges.
   • 1991, John H. Baker, The Inner Temple: A Brief Historical Description:

     The benchers also have the power to disbench and disbar for misconduct.

Derived terms

• disbenchment

 

References

• “disbench”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.