pew

One of the long, fixed, backed benches that are arranged in rows for the seating of a congregation in church.

An enclosed compartment in a church that provides seating for a number of people, such as a family.

See pue.

To put or shut in a pew.

A more or less elevated inclosure, used by lawyers, money-lenders, cashiers, etc.; an inclosed seat or bench of any sort, especially such as were used by persons having a stand for business in a public or otherwise open and exposed place.

An inclosed seat or open bench in a church, designed to accommodate several people; also, an inclosure containing several seats.

A box in a theater or opera-house.

plural The occupants of the pews in a church; the congregation.

A sharp-pointed, one-pronged, straight or hooked iron instrument with a wooden handle, used in handling fish, blubber, etc., on wharves or in boats.

A thin stream of air or smoke; a fine thin stream of breath escaping through lips almost closed.