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

The whole staff of instructors, male and female, he set aside, and stood on the examiner's estrade alone.

From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte

Sous un hangar se trouvent quelques supports formant, à 2 mètres au-dessus du sol, une estrade sur laquelle est déposé le toui-papao.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

Something—either in my continued silence or in the movement of my hand, stitching—transported M. Emanuel beyond the last boundary of patience; he actually sprang from his estrade.

From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte

Once in the water, the blow was easy enough to receive; he might have struck against the estrade.

From Elster's Folly by Wood, Henry, Mrs.