stairway

[ stair-wey ]

/ ˈstɛərˌweɪ /

a passageway from one level, as of a building, to another by a series of stairs; staircase.

Origin of stairway

First recorded in 1790–1800; stair + way¹

Bucca hung up the phone and started up the stairway with fellow fire marshal John Devery.

The Flying New York Fireman Who Shined on 9/11 |Michael Daly |September 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I look around the stairway, and I see Al Capone and another guy sitting in the living room having a beef about ‘receipts.’

The Stacks: Mr. Bad Taste and Trouble Himself: Robert Mitchum |Robert Ward |July 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And now that same song, “Stairway to Heaven” is at the center of another battle over ownership.

Did Led Zeppelin Steal ‘Stairway to Heaven’? |Ted Gioia |May 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For more than a half-century before “Stairway to Heaven,” recording artists had been doing this, usually with impunity.

Did Led Zeppelin Steal ‘Stairway to Heaven’? |Ted Gioia |May 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Despite what some have claimed, the cited passages from “Stairway to Heaven” and “Spirit” are not identical.

Did Led Zeppelin Steal ‘Stairway to Heaven’? |Ted Gioia |May 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The table was placed under a stairway, just room for the four of us.

The Greater Love |George T. McCarthy
Then we arose, and ascended the stairway, and my uncle ordered the workmen to replace the stones upon the tomb.

Sindbad the Sailor & Other Stories from The Arabian Nights |Edmund Dulac
Most of the steps of the stairway were in good condition for the ogre had only destroyed those at the top.

The Chinese Fairy Book |Various
He descended the stairway from the second floor and smiled at me inquiringly.

Autobiography of a YOGI |Paramhansa Yogananda
There should be some indoor way of getting into the cellar, as by a stairway from the building above it.

Mushrooms: how to grow them |William Falconer

stairway

/ (ˈstɛəˌweɪ) /

a means of access consisting of stairs; staircase or flight of steps