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

Platform :: Platform (n.) A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform..

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

Apron :: Apron (n.) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut..

Elevator :: Elevator (n.) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself..

Platform :: Platform (n.) A place laid out after a model.

Beakhead :: Beakhead (n.) A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew..

Stage :: Stage (n.) The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope..

Dais :: Dais (n.) A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests..

Weighbridge :: Weighbridge (n.) A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators..

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

Sollar :: Sollar (n.) A platform in a shaft, especially one of those between the series of ladders in a shaft..

Quarterpace :: Quarterpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.

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..

Stage :: Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf..

Wharf :: Wharf (n.) A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier..

Pate :: Pate (n.) A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place..

Bench :: Bench (n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.

Floor :: Floor (n.) The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge..

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