stairwayn.

Brit.

/ˈstɛːweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈstɛ(ə)rˌweɪ/

Etymology: < stair n. + way n.¹

a. A way up a flight of stairs, a staircase.

ΘΚΠ

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

stairc1000

grece1382

grecingc1400

pairc1450

slip1480

pair, flight of stairs1556

scale1592

staircase1624

scalier1652

dancers1667

flight1703

stairway1767

apple(s) and pears1857

1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusetts-Bay, 1691–1750 (1795) II. iv. 387 Officers had planted themselves at the head of the stair-way with loaded carbines.

1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru II. iv. v. 181 Running down to the first landing on the stairway.

1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice II. 92 He walked up the grim stairway of the hotel.

1892 Boyle County of Durham 261 They were reached by a stairway from the triforium.

1906 M. Bowen Viper of Milan xx It [the door] opened immediately on a black marble stairway.

b. transferred spec. in Geomorphology, a series of abrupt changes of level in the floor of a glaciated valley.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ledge or terrace > [noun] > series

stairway1904

cat-steps1939

c1820 S. Rogers Jovasse in Italy (1838) 23 His ancient carbine from his shoulder slung, His axe to hew a stair-way in the ice.

1894 Westm. Gaz. 1 Jan. 2/1 Here the old Duke of Bridgewater's canal makes junction with the Ship Canal by two long stairways of locks.

1904 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 12 570 The tread of the steps in the long stairway..greatly lengthened in down-canyon order.

1957 J. K. Charlesworth Quaternary Era I. xiii. 297 Cirques in almost all glaciated regions frequently occur in tiers, the ‘tandom cirque’ or ‘cirque stairway’.., each step often with its rock-basin and tarn.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIX. 641/1 The establishment of runoff after wastage of the ice has occurred will lead to a series of waterfalls or cascades at the site of each riser in the stairway.

c. figurative.

ΚΠ

1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia viii. 229 Make golden stair-ways of your weakness.

1886 C. A. Briggs Messianic Prophecy i. 26 The prophets as an order of..teachers constitute a grand stairway.

1909 Edinb. Rev. July 40 Thus the soul ranges up and down the stairway of existence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stairway
释义	stairwayn. Brit. /ˈstɛːweɪ/, U.S. /ˈstɛ(ə)rˌweɪ/ Etymology: < stair n. + way n.¹ a. A way up a flight of stairs, a staircase. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] stairc1000 grece1382 grecingc1400 pairc1450 slip1480 pair, flight of stairs1556 scale1592 staircase1624 scalier1652 dancers1667 flight1703 stairway1767 apple(s) and pears1857 1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusetts-Bay, 1691–1750 (1795) II. iv. 387 Officers had planted themselves at the head of the stair-way with loaded carbines. 1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru II. iv. v. 181 Running down to the first landing on the stairway. 1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice II. 92 He walked up the grim stairway of the hotel. 1892 Boyle County of Durham 261 They were reached by a stairway from the triforium. 1906 M. Bowen Viper of Milan xx It [the door] opened immediately on a black marble stairway. b. transferred spec. in Geomorphology, a series of abrupt changes of level in the floor of a glaciated valley. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ledge or terrace > [noun] > series stairway1904 cat-steps1939 c1820 S. Rogers Jovasse in Italy (1838) 23 His ancient carbine from his shoulder slung, His axe to hew a stair-way in the ice. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 1 Jan. 2/1 Here the old Duke of Bridgewater's canal makes junction with the Ship Canal by two long stairways of locks. 1904 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 12 570 The tread of the steps in the long stairway..greatly lengthened in down-canyon order. 1957 J. K. Charlesworth Quaternary Era I. xiii. 297 Cirques in almost all glaciated regions frequently occur in tiers, the ‘tandom cirque’ or ‘cirque stairway’.., each step often with its rock-basin and tarn. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIX. 641/1 The establishment of runoff after wastage of the ice has occurred will lead to a series of waterfalls or cascades at the site of each riser in the stairway. c. figurative. ΚΠ 1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia viii. 229 Make golden stair-ways of your weakness. 1886 C. A. Briggs Messianic Prophecy i. 26 The prophets as an order of..teachers constitute a grand stairway. 1909 Edinb. Rev. July 40 Thus the soul ranges up and down the stairway of existence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1767
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