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{{Short description|Foot path along the inside of a rampart or parapet}}
{{for|the town in the United States|Banquete, Texas}}
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[[Image:Rampart.jpg|right|thumb|Banquette (along the wall on the right) on the [[Alhambra]] fortress in Spain.]]

A '''banquette''' ({{IPA|fr|bɑ̃kɛt}}), '''rampart walk''' or '''parapet walk''' is a small footpath or elevated step along the inside of a [[defensive wall|rampart]] or [[parapet]] of a [[fortification]].  [[Musketeer]]s atop it were able to view the [[counterscarp]], or fire on enemies in the [[moat]]. Typical they are around [[Foot_(length)|foot]] and a half (half a metre) high, and almost three feet (approximately 90 cm) wide.{{cn|date=November 2017}}

==See also==
* [[Chemin de ronde]]
* [[List of established military terms]]

==References==
* {{1728|title=banquette|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/HistSciTech/HistSciTech-idx?type=turn&entity=HistSciTech.Cyclopaedia01.p0230&id=HistSciTech.Cyclopaedia01&isize=M&q1=|1|page=80}}
{{Wiktionary|banquette}}

[[Category:Castle architecture]]


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