stairhead

American  

[stair-hed] / ˈstɛərˌhɛd /

noun

1. the top of a staircase; top landing.

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stairhead British  

/ ˈstɛəˌhɛd /

noun

1. the top of a flight of stairs

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Etymology

Origin of stairhead

First recorded in 1525–35; stair + head

Example Sentences

Despite the sister's gabby gossiping, the kids' shenanigans, the marital jawings and set-tos, the dress for the party and the dressing for the party, there are bogeys at the stairhead and phantoms outside the window.

From Time Magazine Archive

When tired of this occupation, I would retire from the stairhead to the solitary and silent nursery: there, though somewhat sad, I was not miserable.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Honoria had strolled into the room from the stairhead, her attention arrested by the all-too-familiar sound—since sorrowful happenings often of late had brought him to Brockhurst—of the doctor's voice.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas

"What for does your faither no come ben the hoose to me?" cried my mother impatiently from the stairhead.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

"Wish ye merry Christmas!" said Chauncey unexpectedly to some one who called him from the stairhead.

From The Life of Nancy by Jewett, Sarah Orne