stair-footn.

Forms: Also rarely stairs-, stair's-.

a. The foot of a staircase; the level space in front of the lowest step of a flight of stairs.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > foot of staircase

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1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xviii. vii. 736 The other knyghte wente streyghte to the steyer foote where sat Kyng Arthur.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 68/2 [He] caused those murtherers to burye them at the stayre foote.

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. i. sig. Hiv Or sit in the cold at the stayre foot for her.

1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all v. 52 The gentle Guiny..which us'd as duly to steal into our hands at the stair-foot as into Mr. Doctor's at parting.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 303 I waited on her then to the Stair-foot.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xliii. 431 He had led her back to the stair-foot.

?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 174 Whome they brought on his mewle to the stayers foote of his chamber, and there lighted.1757 Hist. Two Mod. Adventurers II. 196 Waddling to the Stairs-foot; ‘Moll, Moll’, said she.1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice v She did not hear her mother call from the stair's-foot.

b. attributive.

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1573 G. Gascoigne Disc. Aduentures Master F. I. in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 234 Hee hauing a large base court to passe ouer before he could recouer his staire foote doore.

1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. ii. sig. D3^v He and the Duchesse, By night meete in their linnen, they haue beene seene By staire-foote pandars!

1665 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 45 For a key to the starefoot door, 8d.

1914 D. H. Lawrence Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd i. ii. 22 At that instant the stairfoot door opens slowly, revealing the children.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	stair-foot
释义	stair-footn. Forms: Also rarely stairs-, stair's-. a. The foot of a staircase; the level space in front of the lowest step of a flight of stairs. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > foot of staircase stair-foot1470 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xviii. vii. 736 The other knyghte wente streyghte to the steyer foote where sat Kyng Arthur. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 68/2 [He] caused those murtherers to burye them at the stayre foote. 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. i. sig. Hiv Or sit in the cold at the stayre foot for her. View more context for this quotation 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all v. 52 The gentle Guiny..which us'd as duly to steal into our hands at the stair-foot as into Mr. Doctor's at parting. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 303 I waited on her then to the Stair-foot. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xliii. 431 He had led her back to the stair-foot. ?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 174 Whome they brought on his mewle to the stayers foote of his chamber, and there lighted.1757 Hist. Two Mod. Adventurers II. 196 Waddling to the Stairs-foot; ‘Moll, Moll’, said she.1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice v She did not hear her mother call from the stair's-foot. b. attributive. ΚΠ 1573 G. Gascoigne Disc. Aduentures Master F. I. in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 234 Hee hauing a large base court to passe ouer before he could recouer his staire foote doore. 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. ii. sig. D3^v He and the Duchesse, By night meete in their linnen, they haue beene seene By staire-foote pandars! 1665 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 45 For a key to the starefoot door, 8d. 1914 D. H. Lawrence Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd i. ii. 22 At that instant the stairfoot door opens slowly, revealing the children. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1470
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