n. A raised part of the floor of a large room; a dais or platform for a raised table or throne.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See dais.
Word Usage
"a broad hautpas of four steps, advancing in the middle: at each end of the broadest part are two of my eagles, with red cushions for the parson and clerk."