Definition of Stairway

1. Noun. A way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps.


Definition of Stairway

1. n. A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.

Definition of Stairway

1. Noun. a set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stairway

1. a flight of stairs [n -WAYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stairway

stairgate
stairgates
stairhead
stairheads
stairless
stairlift
stairlifts
stairlike
stairs
stairstep
stairstepped
stairstepping
stairsteps
stairtower
stairtowers
stairway (current term)
stairways
stairwell
stairwells
stairwise
staisfise
staith
staithe
staithes
staithman
staithmen
staiths
stake
stake-driver
stake a claim

Literary usage of Stairway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Along the sides of said stairway were parallel guides or runners, which formed together with the side rails of the stairway an inclined slide from the press ..."

2. El Kab by James Edward Quibell (1898)
"8 EL KAB. brickwork were traced, but the walls were not high enough to show the recessed panels, which probably once existed. In stairway 6, a large tomb, ..."

3. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"For years afterward the stairway around an open elevator was considered the ... The open elevator or stairway, in case of fire, became a flue that drew the ..."

4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"For years afterward the stairway around an open elevator was considered the ... The open elevator or stairway, in case of fire, became a flue that drew the ..."

5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"The staircase wherein the stairway is enclosed should be given special attention, and the correct length and width should be carefully considered. ..."

6. Annual Report (1903)
"The walk from the Biddle stairway to the American Fall* hn> been changed from its former position to a course near the margin ..."

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