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stairhead

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stairhead [ˈstɛəˌhɛd]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the top of a flight of stairs
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Noun1.stairhead - platform at the top of a staircase
platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
staircase, stairway - a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps


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Then I heard him talking to himself and muttering, and every time the bell rang out he came on the stairhead, with 'What is that, Mrs.
Sign of the Four by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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.
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