library steps

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.

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Etymology

Origin of library steps

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

Hundreds of students walked out Thursday and gathered at the library steps for a “peaceful protest art installation.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 10, 2023

Brave Books released photos showing fans lining up on the library steps even before the doors opened at 10 a.m. for the 10:30 a.m. reading.

From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2022

Revised with Concrete Nouns Approaching Brandon Library, I see skateboarders and bikers weaving through students who talk in clusters on the library steps.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

And Linda Fargo, the Bergdorf Goodman fashion director was saying after that presentation, as she scampered down the library steps in her stilettos, that Mr. Browne “needs a museum show.”

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2012

After the second week of class, we sat on those library steps and read some of our own poems to each other.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher