stair rod

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noun

a rod for holding a stair carpet in place against the bottom of a riser.

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Origin of stair rod

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby stair rod

staircase, staircase phenomenon, stairhead, stairlift, StairMaster, stair rod, stairs, stairstep, stairway, stairwell, stake

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So I asked the driver to honk the horn, which he does, and Rod looks over.
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And of course, Rod, being Rod, goes for it a hundred percent; his mouth drops open and he says, ‘What?’
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The painting is of a human heart set inside a wind-up music box that has a metal rod poking out of the pulmonary artery.
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The young lady, hearing his step, turned round and stood on the stair, confronting him fiercely.
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He made no further remark as they descended the darker section of the stair, and she could think of nothing to say to him.
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As Isabel walked carefully down the slippery stair she veiled her eyes to hide the wonder in them.
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He's in the room now, only one away from this, next the stair head, and Vargers is put to keep the door in the same room.
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And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
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British Dictionary definitions for stair rod

stair rod

noun

any of a series of rods placed in the angles between the steps of a carpeted staircase, used to hold the carpet in position

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