stairheadn.

Forms: Also stair-head.

Etymology: < stair n. + head n.¹

The level space at the top of a staircase or flight of stairs.

ΘΚΠ

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

stairhead1534

grece-head1556

α.

1534–5 MS. Rawl. D. 777 lf. 72 The Stayer hede goyng to the Quen's Juell hous.

1569 Inventory in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (Chetham Soc.) 36 In the chamber at the steare head.

1607 H. Wotton in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) I. 379 [The Doge of Venice] brought him afterwards down to the last stairhead of the place.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 32 Here is a dainty stair-case, there being two pair of stairs which come out of the hall, and land both at one stair-head, and lead into the best rooms.

1702 T. Savery Miner's Friend 43 This Pipe..must be long enough to reach from the Landing-place or Stair-head.

1820 J. Keats Cap & Bells lxx He..scarce upright could reach The stair-head.

1850 G. Cupples Green Hand vii. 80/1 She stood with one little foot on the stair-head behind me.

1894 H. Caine Manxman v. iv. 294 He..crept out on to the stairhead, and listened.

β. c1560 in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1886) 150 An olde cubbord standing at the Stayers headd.1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 126 The first hall of the pallace which is at the staires heade.1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion xii. 22 They took their ready way to the stairs head.1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxii. 258 She shot to the stairs-head to receive him.

Compounds

attributive.

ΚΠ

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 378/2 I..pay him 2s. 9d. a week for a little stair-head place with a bed in it.

1910 Q. Rev. Apr. 385 She was not a mere stairhead hostess.

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

单词	stairhead
释义	stairheadn. Forms: Also stair-head. Etymology: < stair n. + head n.¹ The level space at the top of a staircase or flight of stairs. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > top of staircase stairhead1534 grece-head1556 α. 1534–5 MS. Rawl. D. 777 lf. 72 The Stayer hede goyng to the Quen's Juell hous. 1569 Inventory in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (Chetham Soc.) 36 In the chamber at the steare head. 1607 H. Wotton in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) I. 379 [The Doge of Venice] brought him afterwards down to the last stairhead of the place. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 32 Here is a dainty stair-case, there being two pair of stairs which come out of the hall, and land both at one stair-head, and lead into the best rooms. 1702 T. Savery Miner's Friend 43 This Pipe..must be long enough to reach from the Landing-place or Stair-head. 1820 J. Keats Cap & Bells lxx He..scarce upright could reach The stair-head. 1850 G. Cupples Green Hand vii. 80/1 She stood with one little foot on the stair-head behind me. 1894 H. Caine Manxman v. iv. 294 He..crept out on to the stairhead, and listened. β. c1560 in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1886) 150 An olde cubbord standing at the Stayers headd.1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 126 The first hall of the pallace which is at the staires heade.1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion xii. 22 They took their ready way to the stairs head.1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxii. 258 She shot to the stairs-head to receive him. Compounds attributive. ΚΠ 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 378/2 I..pay him 2s. 9d. a week for a little stair-head place with a bed in it. 1910 Q. Rev. Apr. 385 She was not a mere stairhead hostess. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1534
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