Note 30 — SINDBAD THE SEAMAN[1] AND SINDBAD THE LANDSMAN.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Mastabah” = the bench or form of masonry before noticed. In olden Europe benches were much more used than chairs, these being articles of luxury. So King Horne “sett him abenche;” and hence our “King’s Bench” (Court).