Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Estrade \Es`trade"\, 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 [the teacher] himself should have his desk on a
         mounted estrade or platform.             --J. G. Fitch.