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stair rod

noun

  1. a rod for holding a stair carpet in place against the bottom of a riser.


stair rod

noun

  1. any of a series of rods placed in the angles between the steps of a carpeted staircase, used to hold the carpet in position
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stair rod1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

I declare that for a few seconds after I rattled the stair-rod you might have cut the silence with a knife.

At the foot of the stairs the horror, caught by something—a banister—a stair-rod—stopped.

But the stair-rod of the fifth step had worked loose: the carpet slipped, and he tumbled down with considerable uproar.

Of course it must not be a screw-eye and a stair-rod; but anyone will understand, from this description, how to effect it.

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