- Below stairs
- Stair Stair (st[^a]r), n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[=ae]ger,
from st[imac]gan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See {Sty} to
ascend.]
1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a
different level; -- commonly applied to those within a
building.
[1913 Webster]
2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only. ``I a winding stair found.'' --Chaucer's Dream. [1913 Webster]
{Below stairs}, in the basement or lower part of a house, where the servants are.
{Flight of stairs}, the stairs which make the whole ascent of a story.
{Pair of stairs}, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See {Pair}, n., 1.
{Run of stairs} (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section of a stairway, from one platform to the next.
{Stair rod}, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair carpet to its place.
{Up stairs}. See {Upstairs} in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
