stairhead

[ stair-hed ]

noun

1. the top of a staircase; top landing.

stairhead

/ ˈstɛəˌhɛd /

noun

1. the top of a flight of stairs

Word History and Origins

Origin of stairhead¹

First recorded in 1525–35; stair + head

Example Sentences

Marcadel, who had remained at the stairhead, was calling to him in a voice that could no longer be resisted—a voice of despair.

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Which shows the use Jorian must have made of his time at the stairhead, and why Martha Pappenheim's light went out.

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The stairhead lay a short two yards from me, to be reached by one bold leap.

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Varney cast a look of despair at the stairhead and felt for his sword, but it was not there, he had lost it.

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Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

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