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forestairs

forestairs is the plural of forestair.

Meaning of forestair

Noun

forestair (plural forestairs)

  1. The stairs at the front of a building, traditionally those used by the occupants rather than by tradesmen, etc.
    • The two stone arches and forestair and the whole front of the house were built between 1617 and 1620, giving a new front room on every floor, and a new facade to a basically sixteenth century building.2001, A. J. Youngson, The Companion Guide to Edinburgh and the Borders, page 26

Questions about forestairs

What is forestairs the plural of?
Forestairs is the plural of forestair.

Words near forestairs in the dictionary

  1. forestage
  2. forestaged
  3. forestages
  4. forestaging
  5. forestair
  6. forestairs
  7. forestal
  8. forestaled
  9. forestaling
  10. forestall
  11. forestallable

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