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Definition of Halfpace
1. n. A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.
Definition of Halfpace
1. Noun. (archaic architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Halfpace
1. a landing [n -S] - See also: landing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halfpace
Literary usage of Halfpace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"In this sense, probably derived from corruptions of haut-pas and hault-pace; by
confusion with halfpace, whose origin moreover is doubtful, ..."
2. History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella by William Hickling Prescott (1885)
"When they were assembled. the cardinal, standing upon the uppermost step, or
halfpace, before the quire. and all the nobles, prelates, and governors of the ..."
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