Definition of "banket" []

• An obsolete form of banquet.
• A piece of wood on which bricklayers cut their bricks to the size proper for the place into which they are about to lay them. (noun)
• A formation of ore found on the Witwatersrand in the Transvaal, South Africa. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Some entrees are lackluster: the best were roast chicken ($22), meatloaf ($19), and a grilled lamb sirloin ($24); best desserts, a rare stone fruit crisp that really is crisp ($8), and a Dutch-inspired dessert called banket, a lush combination of almond paste and flaky pastry ($8)."
• "The name was given to these beds from their resemblance to a sweetmeat, known in Dutch as "banket," resembling almond hard-bake."
• "Here we read of a dinner-party, or "banket," at which the conversation was entirely about music."