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Why is a garden bench sometimes called a form ?


bluecraig  Mon 14/07/08 21:14
Ethel
Mon 14/07/08
22:40
Any bench or long seat without a back was commonly called a form - it's old fashioned now.

Why I don't know.
Quizmonster
Tue 15/07/08
06:17
In Old French, s'asseoir en forme meant to sit in a row or in a fixed order, as in the choir stalls in a church. Hence the meaning of a bench. In Latin, forma meant much the same thing.
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