Definition of Halfpace

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

Definition of Halfpace

1. Noun. (archaic architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. ¹

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Definition of Halfpace

1. a landing [n -S] - See also: landing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Halfpace

halfer
halfers
halfhearted
halfheartedly
halfheartedness
halflife
halflin
halfling
halflings
halflins
halflives
halfmonth
halfmonths
halfness
halfnesses
halfpace (current term)
halfpaces
halfpence
halfpennies
halfpenny
halfpennyworth
halfpennyworths
halfpike
halfpikes
halfpipe
halfpipes
halfplanar
halfplane
halfplanes
halfs

Literary usage of Halfpace

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"In this sense, probably derived from corruptions of haut-pas and hault-pace; by confusion with halfpace, whose origin moreover is doubtful, ..."

2. History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella by William Hickling Prescott (1885)
"When they were assembled. the cardinal, standing upon the uppermost step, or halfpace, before the quire. and all the nobles, prelates, and governors of the ..."

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