Banquette

A banquette (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃kɛt]) is a small footpath or elevated step along the inside of a rampart or parapet of a fortification. Musketeers atop it were able to view the counterscarp, or fire on enemies in the moat. Typical they are around foot and a half (half a metre) high, and almost three feet (approximately 90 cm) wide.^{[citation needed]}