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Definition of stairhead in English: stairheadnounˈstɛːhɛdˈstɛrˌhɛd British A landing at the top of a set of stairs. he waited at the stairhead to escort her safely down Example sentencesExamples - Antoine took up his position at the stairhead, so that he could see all the clerks as they came in under the arched gateway.
- The four porters have now come up and are waiting at the stairhead to be paid.
- There was a time when people did not report domestic violence, for example, and I'm quite sure that not every scuffle at a stairhead would be reported.
- Cam's own table was at the stairhead, the better to greet and farewell his guests, and to ask a favoured one occasionally to join him for a quick drink.
- Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.
Definition of stairhead in US English: stairheadnounˈsterˌhedˈstɛrˌhɛd British A landing at the top of a set of stairs. he waited at the stairhead to escort her safely down Example sentencesExamples - Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.
- Cam's own table was at the stairhead, the better to greet and farewell his guests, and to ask a favoured one occasionally to join him for a quick drink.
- There was a time when people did not report domestic violence, for example, and I'm quite sure that not every scuffle at a stairhead would be reported.
- Antoine took up his position at the stairhead, so that he could see all the clerks as they came in under the arched gateway.
- The four porters have now come up and are waiting at the stairhead to be paid.
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