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
“Lots of noise, and no meaning,” observed the conductor, leaning himself against the rail of the estrade, face to his audience, folding his arms and surveying them all one after the other with cold self-possession.
From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie
And there was that blow on his temple to keep up the error, which I know now must have been done against the estrade.
From Elster's Folly by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
An estrade had been erected from Logaorden to the landing-place.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882
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
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