stair

[ stair ]

/ stɛər /

one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.

stairs, such steps collectively, especially as forming a flight or a series of flights: I was so excited I ran all the way up the stairs.

a series or flight of steps; stairway: a winding stair.

Origin of stair

before 1000; Middle English stey(e)r, Old English stǣger; cognate with Dutch, Low German steiger landing; akin to sty¹

stair·less, adjective stair·like, adjective

The remote control contains mode selections for standing, walking, sitting, and stair up and down modes that the user can select.

The Bionic Exoskeleton Helping Paraplegics Walk |Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD |June 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The smiling president immediately joked with the crowd, “I was so fired up, I missed a stair!”

Power Tripping: King Juan Carlos I & More (Photos) |The Daily Beast |August 5, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The bird turi or tuli is spoken of by Turner as the daughter, but by Stair as the son, of Tangaloa.

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead |James George Frazer
This gallery, at the remote end from the body of the castle, closes with a stair case.

Secresy |E. (Eliza) Fenwick

In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.

Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels |Stephen Leacock
With characteristic slowness, Stair proceeded to collect upon the Maine an army of 40,000 men.

A History of England, Period III. |Rev. J. Franck Bright
While writing alone here (almost all have gone to church), I heard a step ascending the stair.

A Confederate Girl's Diary |Sarah Margan Dawson

stair

/ (stɛə) /

one of a flight of stairs

a series of steps a narrow stair

Old English stæger; related to stīg narrow path, stīgan to ascend, descend, Old Norse steigurligr upright, Middle Dutch steiger ladder