In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
estrade (plural estrades)
A dais or raised platform.
• 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
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.