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Roundtop :: Roundtop (n.) A top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerly round in shape.

Cage :: Cage (n.) The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft..

Riser :: Riser (n.) Any small upright face, as of a seat, platform, veranda, or the like..

Settle :: Settle (n.) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.

Chesses :: Chesses (n. pl.) The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge..

Sponson :: Sponson (n.) One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat..

Drop :: Drop (n.) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself..

Turntable :: Turntable (n.) A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate..

Footboard :: Footboard (n.) The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive.

Pace :: Pace (n.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall..

Platform :: Platform (n.) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop..

Footpace :: Footpace (n.) A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase..

Shamble :: Shamble (n.) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level..

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker..

Dog-legged :: dog-legged (a.) Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole..

Terreplein :: Terreplein (n.) The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. See Illust. of Casemate..

Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..

Platform :: Platform (v. t.) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.

Stage :: Stage (n.) An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like..

Hautpas :: Hautpas (n.) A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See Dais.

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