Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

stair rod

noun
  1. a rod for holding a stair carpet in place against the bottom of a riser.
Show More

Origin of stair rod

First recorded in 1855–60
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for stair rod

Historical Examples of stair rod

  • Of course it must not be a screw-eye and a stair-rod; but anyone will understand, from this description, how to effect it.

    The Pyrotechnist's Treasury

    Thomas Kentish

  • But the stair-rod of the fifth step had worked loose: the carpet slipped, and he tumbled down with considerable uproar.

    The Gay Adventure

    Richard Bird

  • I declare that for a few seconds after I rattled the stair-rod you might have cut the silence with a knife.

  • At the foot of the stairs the horror, caught by something—a banister—a stair-rod—stopped.

    The Magic World

    Edith Nesbit

British Dictionary definitions for stair rod

stair rod

noun
  1. any of a series of rods placed in the angles between the steps of a carpeted staircase, used to hold the carpet in position
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012