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.
Rhymes
airhead
Definition of stairhead in US English:
stairhead
nounˈsterˌhedˈstɛrˌhɛd
British
A landing at the top of a set of stairs.
〈主英〉楼梯顶
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.