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Barbette :: Barbette (n.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet..

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..

Flake :: Flake (n.) A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things..

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

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

Bridge :: Bridge (n.) Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed..

Orlop :: Orlop (n.) The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled..

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

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.

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..

Terrace :: Terrace (v.) A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure..

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..

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

Platform :: Platform (v. t.) To place on a platform.

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

Estrade :: Estrade (n.) 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..

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..

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

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

Hurter :: Hurter (v. t.) A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet..

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