rostrum

Etymology

, Lee Kuan Yew, to deliver speeches, which was displayed at the National Museum of Singapore.]] Learned borrowing from Latin rōstrum (“beak, snout”), from rōd(ō) (“gnaw”) + -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d- + *-trom. The pulpit sense is a back-formation from the name of the Roman Rōstra, the platforms in the Forum where politicians made speeches. The Rōstra were decorated with (and named for) the beaks (prows) of ships from naval victories.

noun

1. A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer.
   He saw a crowd listening to a man who was talking from the rostrum of a kitchen-chair. 1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter //dummy.host/index.php?title=s%3Aen%3ABabbitt%2FChapter_27 27, in Babbitt
2. A platform for a film or television camera.
3. The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme.
4. (zoology) The beak.
5. (zoology) The beak-shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils.
6. (zoology) The snout of a dolphin.
7. (anatomy) The oral or nasal region of a human used for anatomical location (i.e. rostral)