stairfoot

He set the bowl on the stairfoot mat, and sat himself on a chair by the wall, to take off his leggings and boots.

Lady Chatterley's Lover 2004

Ireland, John Wyse Nolan answered from the stairfoot.

Ulysses 2003

She went to the stairfoot door, opened it, listening.

The Prussian Officer and Other Stories 2003

Another man rushed up, lunged at me and shot by, to crash against the stairfoot with an agonised yell.

The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

So saying, he rolled, with a nautical gait, towards the door by which the domestic had re-entered the room, and having reached the stairfoot, and finding himself alone, he added, with a sudden snarl, 'I'd like to give three of ye a chance of earning a wooden leg anyhow -- coming into my house and guzzling my best beer the very minute my back's turned on ye.'

VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea David Christie Murray

The young man took a bedroom candle from a table at the stairfoot, lit it, and motioned the General to precede him.

VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea David Christie Murray

Haward, entering with Audrey, saw Mr. Lee at the stairfoot, and, raising his eyes, was aware of Evelyn descending alone and somewhat slowly, all in rose color, and with a smile upon her lips.

Audrey Mary Johnston 1903

Mistress Stagg, meeting her at the stairfoot with the tidings (just gathered from the lips of a passer-by) of Mr. Haward's illness, thought that the girl took the news very quietly.

Audrey Mary Johnston 1903

He turned an 'gaed his ways oot o' that room, and lockit the door ahint him; and step by step, doon the stairs, as heavy as leed; and set doon the can'le on the table at the stairfoot.

Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

He turned an 'gaed his ways oot o' that room, and lockit the door ahint him; and step by step, doon the stairs, as heavy as leed; and set doon the can'le on the table at the stairfoot.

Merry Men Robert Louis Stevenson 1872