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platform
In some of the New England States an ecclesiastical constitution, or a plan for the government of ch...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
A kind of deck for any temporary or particular purpose: the orlop-deck, having store-rooms and cabins forward and aft, and the middle part allotted to the stowage of cables. Also, the flooring elevation of stone or timber on which the carriage of a gun is placed for action. Hence, in early voyages, a fort or battery, with well-mounted ordnance, is called "the platform."
In some of the New England States an ecclesiastical constitution, or a plan for the government of ch...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.