Chiefly Ancient History. A stage or platform used for public speeches, disputations, recitations, etc. Obsolete.

A raised seat or bench for people sitting in an official capacity; a rostrum used by public speakers, academic disputants, etc.; a stand for people…

More generally: any platform, stage, or similar structure adapted for public speaking; (subsequently also) one used for some other public purpose…

Originally U.S. In early use, the stump (sense 2) of a large felled tree used as a stand or platform for a speaker.

A usually temporary piece of raised flooring at one end of a hall or large space, on which a public speaker stands to address his or her audience…

Chiefly U.S. regional (southern and south Midland). An elevated platform used by a speaker, esp. a minister or preacher; a rostrum, a pulpit.

A box for holding soap; originally and still occasionally, a small receptacle for a ball or bar of soap; later esp. a wooden case in which soap is or…

A horizontal wooden beam marking the threshold of a Maori building; spec. (in a meeting house) an orator's bench or speaking place; (hence also) a…