stairhead
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stairhead
Example Sentences
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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
When this intoning ceased, trumpets blared again; the curtains at the stairhead parted.
From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Harry Hervey
The gentleman, going up, found his wife at the stairhead, all disordered and fearful, and said to her, 'What is all this?
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
Accordingly, he reached his house, thus laden, and as chance would have it, his wife, a fair and virtuous lady, by name Mistress Tessa, was at the stairhead.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
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