1. A set of similar or matched things arranged in a row, especially: a. A set of elevators. b. A row of keys on a keyboard. 2.Nauticala. A bench for rowers in a galley. b. A row of oars in a galley. 3.Printing The lines of type under a headline.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: banked, bank·ing, banks To arrange or set up in a row: “Every street was banked with purple-blooming trees” (Doris Lessing).
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, bench, from Old French banc, from Late Latin bancus, of Germanic origin.
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