| 单词 | trap-stair |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrap-stair trap-stair n. = main sense ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > giving access to loft trap1808 trap-stair1833 tallet-ladder1882 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §164 The bottom [of the stair] might either project two double steps..; or a trap stair, composed of the two lower steps, and made to fold up, might be resorted to. 1837 J. E. Murray Summer in Pyrenees II. 245 A little urchin came down a trap-stair at the further end. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 143 It enters from the straw~barn..by means of the stone or wooden trap-stair. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xix. 368 Their terrace-like precipices, that rise over each other step by step—their trap-stairs of trappean rock,—for to this scenic peculiarity the volcanic rocks owe their generic name. 1850 R. Chambers Burns' Life & Wks. (1856) I. 145 Almost the only other apartment in the house is a kind of garret-closet, accessible by a narrow trap-stair ascending from the lobby. < as lemmas |
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