Noun
The beak or head of a ship.
The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators.
Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker.
Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds.
The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera.
The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina.
The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn.
Same as Rostellum.
The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic.
A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects of our history who have stood here before me; pride in the reflection that this home of legislative debate represents human liberty in the purest form yet devised. Douglas MacArthur
My intention to lecture is as vague as my intention is to go on the stage. I will never consider an offer to lecture, not because I despise the vocation, but because I have no desire to appear on the public rostrum. Mary MacLane
The entire rostrum of the rating program rests on the assumption of responsibility by parents. Jack Valenti
Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution. Jay Inslee
As I started telling about Jack's return, to a totally incredulous audience, everyone's head started to snap around as Kirby himself came waltzin' down the aisle to join us on the rostrum! Source: Internet
A male dolphin balances a marine sponge on his rostrum. Source: Internet