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ESTRADE
Etymology
Noun
estrade (plural estrades)
A dais or raised platform.
Anagrams
• Tasered, atredes, dearest, derates, e-trades, readest, readset, reasted, red teas, redates, sad tree, sed rate, sedater, steared, tasered
Source: Wiktionary
Es`trade", n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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 [the teacher] himself should have his desk on a mounted estrade or platform. J. G. Fitch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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