abovestairs
See also: above-stairs and above stairs
English
Alternative forms
- (adverb): above stairs
- above-stairs
Etymology
above + stairs
Noun
abovestairs (uncountable)
- (archaic) The part of a building above the ground level.[1]
Adjective
abovestairs (not comparable)
- (archaic) upstairs; located on an upper floor.
References
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5