n. A rostrum or elevated platform from which a speaker addresses an audience or delivers an oration; specifically, in the Christian church, an elevated and more or less inclosed platform from which the preacher delivers his sermon and, in churches of many denominations, conducts the service.n. A bow of iron lashed to the end of the bowsprit of a whaling-vessel, and forming a support for the waist of the harpooner, to insure his safety.Of or pertaining to the pulpit or preachers and their teaching: as, pulpit eloquence; pulpit utterances.To place in or supply with a pulpit.n. In mech.: The elevated platform or gallery from which the operation of a large central electrical station for power or lighting is supervised.n. A raised platform on which the operator of a machine stands so that he may oversee the machine as it works, or the process as it advances.