estrade
Americannoun
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a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
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a platform, as for a throne or bed of state.
noun
Etymology
Origin of estrade
1690–1700; < French < Spanish estrado part of a room in which a carpet is spread < Latin strātum; see stratum
Example Sentences
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And so carpenters are hammering together a two-tiered, angled estrade out of used plywood that will be felted and draped in burgundy for the opening of the great drama next Tuesday.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have seen him give her a quarter-of-an-hour's gaze, while the class was silently composing, and he sat throned on his estrade, unoccupied.
From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte
Suddenly a slim, alert figure leaped upon the estrade and struck the desk sharply with a baton.
From A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds by Boreham, Frank
Monsieur curled his lip, gave me a vicious glance of the eye, and strode to his estrade.
From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte
But long before he reached the estrade, it had already been taken possession of by a young man with a shaggy head and wild beady eyes.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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