[Sp. estrado the carpeted part of a room, drawing-room, reception-room, corresp. to Pg. estrado, It. strato:—L. strātum neut., pa. pple. of sternĕre to spread (with carpets).] a. In Sp. sense: see quot. 1748. b. = ESTRADE.
1588. R. Parke, trans. Mendoza’s Hist. China, 47. Then doth hee cause them to sit in an Estrado, or rich pallet, gallantly dressed and furnished in one of the three halles.
1748. Earthquake of Peru, i. 12. Carpets, like those of Turkey, to spread on the Estradoes, or Places where the Women sit on Cushions.
1838. Lytton, Leila, II. vii. At the upper part of the space was an estrado, or platform.
