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Mezzanine :: Mezzanine (n.) A partial story which is not on the same level with the story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the floors are on a level with landings of the staircase of the main house..

Tambour :: Tambour (n.) A work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade..

Capping Plane :: Capping plane () A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.

Helical :: Helical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring..

Footpace :: Footpace (n.) A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase..

Wentletrap :: Wentletrap (n.) Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa, which was formerly highly valued; -- called also staircase shell. See Scalaria..

Stairway :: Stairhead (n.) The head or top of a staircase.

Staith :: Stairway (n.) A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.

Well :: Well (v. i.) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole..

Caracole :: Caracole (n.) A staircase in a spiral form.

Ledger :: Ledger (n.) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight..

Wellhole :: Wellhole (n.) The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase..

Ramp :: Ramp (n.) Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase..

Quarterpace :: Quarterpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.

Rake :: Rake (n.) The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc..

Landing :: Landing (n.) The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another..

Wellhole :: Wellhole (n.) The open space left beyond the ends of the steps of a staircase.

Stairhead :: Staircase (n.) A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc..

Newel :: Newel (n.) The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. See Hollow newel, under Hollow..

Notchboard :: Notchboard (n.) The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.

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