Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The footpace of a staircase when it occurs at the angle-turns of the stairs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See
halfpace .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic, architecture A
platform of astaircase where the stair turns at aright angle only.
Etymologies
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quarter + pace
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