Definitions for: Stair

[n] support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step"

Webster (1913) Definition: Stair, n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st?ger, from ?igan 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.

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.

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 stars (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.

Synonyms: step

See Also: corbel step, corbiestep, corbie-step, crow step, riser, staircase, stairs, stairway, steps, support, tread

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