Stairhead: alternatives and connections

A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar ap…

Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oa…

A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gall…

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the ea…

a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling

A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat ci…

An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.

A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.

A staircase in a spiral form.

A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod.

The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; als…

A step, stair, or staircase.

an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase

A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase.

A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.

The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers th…

(computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the ma…

Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring.