Meaning of stair-case | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of staircase.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“As this Place [Kensington Palace] opens to the Weſt, there are Two great Wings build, for receiving ſuch as neceſſarily attend the Court, and a large Port-cocher at the Entrance, with a Poſtern, and a Stone Gallery, on the South-ſide of the Court, which leads to the great Stair-caſe.”

“The lower part of the house had been now entirely shewn, and Mrs. Rushworth, never weary in the cause, would have proceeded towards the principal stair-case, and taken them through all the rooms above, if her son had not interposed with a doubt of there being time enough.”

“This little quay communicated with a rude stair-case, already repeatedly mentioned, which descended from the old castle.”

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