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Vinony

stairway

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈstɛɹweɪ/ / /ˈstɛəweɪ/ / /ˈsteːwæɪ/

noun

Etymology: stair + way

  1. A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.

    “Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway,[…].”