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bluecraig | 21:14 Mon 14th Jul 2008 | Home & Garden
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Why is a garden bench sometimes called a form ?
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Any bench or long seat without a back was commonly called a form - it's old fashioned now.

Why I don't know.
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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