estrade

American  

[e-strahd] / ɛˈstrɑd /

noun

1. a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.

2. a platform, as for a throne or bed of state.

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estrade British  

/ ɪsˈtrɑːd /

noun

1. a dais or raised platform

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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

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

Some pupil had not spoken audibly or distinctly enough to suit his ear and taste, and now she and others were weeping, and he was raving from his estrade, almost livid.

From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte

Then the long procession of Princes and Princesses left their seats on the estrade, and passed before the Sovereigns.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

Then, in the gaping silence, the three ladies listened to the melancholy harper and the lachrymose fiddlers who, on the estrade in the far corner, sat tuning their instruments.

From Muslin by Moore, George (George Augustus)

The answer vouchsafed to Mademoiselle St Pierre from the estrade was given in the gesticulation of a hand from behind the pyramid.

From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte