01 n. 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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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.(Arch.)“He [the teacher] himself should have his desk on a mounted estrade or platform.” — J. G. Fitch.