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moving staircase

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moving staircase, stairway
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(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) less common terms for escalator [1]
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Noun1.moving staircase - a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating beltmoving staircase - a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
moving stairway, escalator
staircase, stairway - a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
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As it happened I eventually discovered the moving staircase was the best way to keep her occupied.
FAMILY: ME AND MY GIRL by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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