| 单词 | turnpike stair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasturnpike stair turnpike stair n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > winding or spiral vicea1382 turngrece1483 turnpike1516 cochleaa1552 cockle stairs1624 Dutch stairs1649 turnpike stair1730 newel stair1851 newel staircase1859 1730 Mem. Capt. Creichton in Swift Wks. (1869) 534/1 The dragoons..went up a pair of turnpike stairs. 1779 H. Arnot Hist. Edinb. ii. ii. 246 A turnpike stair is the term used..over all Scotland, to denote a stair, of which the steps are built in a spiral form, like a screen winding round the same axis. 1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 309 A small turnpike-stair, built in the wall. 1818 Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 5 A half-circular turret,..bartizan'd on the top, served as a case for a narrow turnpike-stair. 1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow iv. iv The authors..had clattered down a turnpike stair and decamped. < as lemmas |
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