Bank"side` (&?;), n. The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a steam.
Bank"-sid`ed (&?;), a. (Naut.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall- sided.
Bank" swal"low (&?;). See under 1st Bank, n.
||Ban"li*eue` (&?;), n. [F., fr. LL. bannum leucae, banleuca; bannum jurisdiction + leuca league.] The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city. Brande & C.
Ban"ner (&?;), n. [OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. bannière, bandière, fr. LL. baniera, banderia, fr. bandum banner, fr. OHG. bant band, strip of cloth; cf. bindan to bind, Goth. bandwa, bandwo, a sign. See Band, n.] 1. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.
Hang out our banners on the outward walls.
Shak.
2. A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.