‖n.; pl. -cales /plu>. [ Sp., fr. banca, banco, bench. Cf. Bench. ] An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
(adj) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse, Syn. hackneyed, threadbare, timeworn, tired, shopworn, old-hat, well-worn, trite, stock, commonplace, Example:bromidic sermons; his remarks were trite and commonplace; hackneyed phrases; a stock answer; repeating threadbare jokes; parroting some timeworn axiom; the trite metaphor `hard as nails'