Wooden Stair

Question 0

a series or row of balusters joined by a handrail or coping as the parapet of a balcony

Answer 0

Balustrade

Question 1

A small post supporting the handrail or a coping

Answer 1

Baluster

Question 2

A support for winders wedged into walls secured by the stringers

Answer 2

Bearers

Question 3

That portion which supports the steps of a wooden stairs

Answer 3

Carriage or stringer

Question 4

A term given to a winding staircase

Answer 4

Cockel stair

Question 5

A staircase with steps winding in a circle or cylinder

Answer 5

Circular stair

Question 6

A concave curve ob the face of a front string

Answer 6

Curve out

Question 7

The first step by which a stair is ascended terminating at the end in a form of a scroll following the plan of a handrail

Answer 7

Curtail step

Question 8

. Those elliptical in plan where each tread assembly converging in an elliptical ring in plan

Answer 8

Elliptical stair

Question 9

. A section produced on any inclined plane vertically over a curve plan of a handrail

Answer 9

Face mould

Question 10

. The series of steps leading from one landing to another

Answer 10

Flight of stair

Question 11

. The string on the side of stairs where the handrail is placed

Answer 11

Front string

Question 12

. A band fastened to the face of a front string below the curve and extending the width of the tread

Answer 12

Fillet

Question 13

. Steps in a flight that are parallel with each other

Answer 13

Flyers

Question 14

. A flight of a stair supported by the wall at the end of the steps

Answer 14

Geometrical stair

Question 15

. The interval between two flights of steps in staircase

Answer 15

Half space

Question 16

. A rail running parallel with the inclination of the stairs that holds the baluster

Answer 16

Handrail

Question 17

. An opening in the middle o the staircase as distinguished from solid newel wherein the ends of steps are attached

Answer 17

Hollow newel

Question 18

. Used to anchor a stair to concrete

Answer 18

Kicker plate

Question 19

. The notches in the string board of a stair for the reception of stairs

Answer 19

Stair housing

Question 20

. The convex bend at the back of the handrail

Answer 20

Stair knee

Question 21

. The horizontal floor as resting place in a flight

Answer 21

Stair landing

Question 22

. The central column where the steps of a staircase wind

Answer 22

Newel

Question 23

. The front edge of a step that project beyond the riser

Answer 23

Stair nosing

Question 24

. A horizontal member one end is wedged into the wall at the top of the flight of stair that supports the upper end of the stringer

Answer 24

Pitching piece

Question 25

. A slope surface that rises and twists simultaneously

Answer 25

Ramp

Question 26

. The height of a flight of stairs from landing to landing; the height between successive treads of stairs

Answer 26

Stair rise

Question 27

. The vertical face of stair steps

Answer 27

Stair riser

Question 28

. The horizontal distance from the first to the last riser of stair flight

Answer 28

Stair run

Question 29

. The angle formed by a stairwell

Answer 29

Spandril

Question 30

. A series of steps or flights of steps connected by landings which permit passage between two or more levels or floors

Answer 30

Stair

Question 31

. The whole set of stairs; the structure containing a flight of stairs

Answer 31

Staircase

Question 32

. The initial stair at the top of a flight of stur or staircase

Answer 32

Stairhead

Question 33

. The clear vertical height measured from the nosing of a stair tread to any overhead obstruction

Answer 33

Stair headroom

Question 34

. The part of a flight of stairs which forms its ceiling or soffit

Answer 34

Stair string

Question 35

. The board next to the well hole which receives the ends of the steps

Answer 35

String board

Question 36

. The underneath of an arch or moulding

Answer 36

Soffit

Question 37

. The horizontal part of a step including the nosing

Answer 37

Stair tread

Question 38

. The dimension of a tread measured perpendicular to the normal line travel on a stair

Answer 38

Tread length

Question 39

. A metal fabricated floor plate

Answer 39

Tread plate

Question 40

. In an open stair, the continuation of a horizontal rounded edge o a tread beyond the stair stringer

Answer 40

Tread return

Question 41

. The horizontal distance between two consecutive risers or on an open riser stair the horizontal distance between nosing or the outer edges of successive treads all measured perpendicular to the front edge of the nosing or tread

Answer 41

Tread run

Question 42

. The dimensions of a tread plus the projection o the nosing if any

Answer 42

Tread width

Question 43

. The board placed against the wall to receive the end of the step

Answer 43

Wall string

Question 44

. The place occupied by the flight of stairs

Answer 44

Stairwell

Question 45

. The opening in floor at the top of a flight or stairs

Answer 45

Well hole

Question 46

. A winding staircase enclosed by walls resembling a well

Answer 46

Well staircase

Question 47

. Steps not parallel with each other

Answer 47

Winders

Question 48

. The whole of a helically curved hand rail

Answer 48

Wreath