hanging step

hanging stair, hanging step

1. A stone step cantilevered from the wall and free at the other end. 2.See cantilever steps.

hanging step

A step usually constructed without a continuous carriage, 1 for support; instead the steps are bolted together so that each step provides support for the one above and the one below; used, for example, in architecture of the Shakers, a religious sect of English origin that settled in America in the late 18th century.