stairhead

Marcadel, who had remained at the stairhead, was calling to him in a voice that could no longer be resisted—a voice of despair.
The Long Night|Stanley Weyman
Which shows the use Jorian must have made of his time at the stairhead, and why Martha Pappenheim's light went out.
Joan of the Sword Hand|S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
The stairhead lay a short two yards from me, to be reached by one bold leap.
The Adventures of Harry Revel|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Varney cast a look of despair at the stairhead and felt for his sword, but it was not there, he had lost it.
Varney the Vampire|Thomas Preskett Prest

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.
Ulysses|James Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for stairhead

stairhead

/ (ˈstɛəˌhɛd) /

noun

the top of a flight of stairs

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