Cat a drome

[Gr. kata dromos, race-course.] A race-course; a tilt-yard. (Mech.) A machine like a crane for raising or lowering heavy weights. Catafal'co, Catafalque, ( kať'a -falk,) n. [Fr. cat a falque ; It. catafalco , a funeral canopy.) A decoration of sculpture, painting, ., raised on a timber scaffold, to show a coffin or tomb in a funeral solemnity; a temporary structure of carpentry, representing a tomb or cenotaph.