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dog-leg stair

American  
[dawg-leg, dog-] / ˈdɔgˌlɛg, ˈdɒg- /
Or dog-legged stair

noun

  1. a half-turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform.


Etymology

Origin of dog-leg stair

First recorded in 1890–95

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