'Back stairs' definitions:
Definition of 'Back stairs'
From: GCIDE
- Back \Back\, a.
- 1. Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Moving or operating backward; as, back action. [1913 Webster]
- Back blocks, Australian pastoral country which is remote from the seacoast or from a river. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Back charges, charges brought forward after an account has been made up.
- Back filling (Arch.), the mass of materials used in filling up the space between two walls, or between the inner and outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or vault.
- Back pressure. (Steam Engine) See under Pressure.
- Back rest, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in turning.
- Back slang, a kind of slang in which every word is written or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man.
- Back stairs, stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs. Also used adjectively. See Back stairs, Backstairs, and Backstair, in the Vocabulary.
- Back step (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body of men, without changing front.
- Back stream, a current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy.
- To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Back stairs'
From: GCIDE
- Backstairs \Back"stairs`\, Back stairs \Back" stairs`\ (b[a^]k"st[^a]rz`) n. Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; a second staircase at the rear of a building; hence, a private or indirect way. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Backstairs
Synonyms of 'back stairs'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- back door,
- back road,
- back street,
- back way,
- bolt-hole,
- by-lane,
- bypass,
- bypath,
- byroad,
- bystreet,
- byway,
- companion,
- companionway,
- covert way,
- detour,
- escalier,
- escalier derobe,
- escape hatch,
- escape route,
- fire escape,
- flight of steps,
- incline,
- landing,
- landing stage,
- perron,
- ramp,
- roundabout way,
- secret exit,
- secret passage,
- secret staircase,
- side door,
- side road,
- side street,
- spiral staircase,
- staircase,
- stairs,
- stairway,
- stepping-stones,
- steps,
- stile,
- treads and risers,
- underground,
- underground railroad,
- underground route