curtail-stepn.

Forms: Also 1700s curtal-.

Etymology: Origin uncertain: curtal adjective, and cur tail, have both been suggested.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurtail-step.

The lowest step (or steps) of a stair, having the outer end carried round in the form of a scroll.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > step > lowest step

curtail-step1736

1736 B. Langley Anc. Masonry 389 The first, or Curtal-step.

1819 in P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. 716.

1858 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) at Curtail The newel generally stands upon a curtail step..Curtail steps..are employed in handsome staircases.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	curtail-step
释义	curtail-stepn. Forms: Also 1700s curtal-. Etymology: Origin uncertain: curtal adjective, and cur tail, have both been suggested.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurtail-step. The lowest step (or steps) of a stair, having the outer end carried round in the form of a scroll. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > step > lowest step curtail-step1736 1736 B. Langley Anc. Masonry 389 The first, or Curtal-step. 1819 in P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. 716. 1858 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) at Curtail The newel generally stands upon a curtail step..Curtail steps..are employed in handsome staircases. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1736
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