ESTRADE

Es′trade″ (ā̍s′trȧd″), 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. He himself should have his desk on a mounted estrade or platform. J. G. Fitch.