estraden.
/ɪˈstrɑːd/ A slightly raised platform; a dais.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > quality of being raised or elevated > raised level surface or platform
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1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Estrade the one half of an Alcove or Chamber rais'd with Boards and rail'd in, more richly furnish'd and adorn'd for the reception of Persons of Quality.
1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. 372 On the Estrade is spread but one carpet for the officers to sit upon.
1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 208 Upon the highest step of the estrade.
1866 Mrs. H. Wood Elster's Folly I. 227 He was standing on the sort of estrade which abutted on the river.
1880 J. G. Fitch Lect. Teaching 69 The teacher..should have his desk on a mounted estrade or platform.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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