Estrade \Es`trade"\ ([asl]s`tr[.a]d"), n. [F., fr. Sp. estrado,
orig., a carpet on the floor of a room, also, a carpeted
platform, fr. L. stratum bed covering. See {Stratum}.]
(Arch.)
A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general
level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais.
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He [the teacher] himself should have his desk on a
mounted estrade or platform. --J. G. Fitch.
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