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
Thus impelled, it slid down the polished slope of the varnished and unbaized desk, carried before it the light steel-framed "lunettes," and, fearful to relate, they fell to the estrade.
From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte
With a clever but sly smile upon her beautiful face, Astkchicka ordered her servants to lead him off to the stream and put him down on the estrade abandoned by her.
From Caucasian Legends by Goulbat, Abraam Abraamovich
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
We couldn't, because we had nothing to sit upon, so we remained standing at the end of the room, facing the estrade.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King
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