A shallow divot in the floor of a residential home, usually square or circular, filled with plush cushions and shag rugs.
Historically, it was known in ancient China as kang, a communal platform seating area and bed heated by flume to stay warm throughout the day and night, in Spain as estrado, a raised dais covered in rugs and cushions that was influenced by the Muslim presence in the medieval Convivencia era.
