banquette vs traipse

banquette

noun
  • A sidewalk. 

  • An upholstered bench, e.g., along a wall of a restaurant or lounge area. 

  • A narrow area behind a defensive wall's parapet elevated above its terreplein and used by defenders to shoot at attackers. 

  • A bench built into a wall, especially (military) one built into a wall of a defensive trench, used for sitting and for shooting at attackers. 

traipse

noun
  • A meandering walk. 

  • A long or tiring walk. 

verb
  • To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount. 

  • To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort 

  • To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort. 

  • to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly. 

How often have the words banquette and traipse occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )