moving staircase

American  

[moo-ving stair-keys] / ˈmu vɪŋ ˈstɛərˌkeɪs /

noun

1. a less common term for escalator.

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moving staircase British  

noun

1. less common terms for escalator

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Etymology

Origin of moving staircase

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

In 1909, the moving staircase at Père-Lachaise, which covered 30 centimetres a second, made the old kind of staircase seem intolerably uncooperative.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2010

After years of trying, Mitsubishi Electric has developed a moving staircase that carries passengers not just up or down in a straight line but through a graceful, sweeping arc.

From Time Magazine Archive

Laura and her daughters would take the escalator, marveling at the moving staircase, she teasing them that this might be the ladder Jacob saw with angels moving up and down to heaven.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Near them three red ghosts were busily unloading demijohns from a moving staircase.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

It takes the people’s breath away at first; but they grow to like it—like riding on a switchback and standing on a moving staircase.

From Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor by Young, F.E. Mills