below stairs
On a floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupiesOn a floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies; below the main floor of a multi-floor building.
Значение
значений: 4(устаревшее)On a floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies; below the main floor of a multi-floor building.
(Британия, историческое)In or pertaining to the lowest levels of a large house where the house staff work and are accommodated, contrasted with above stairs where the owning family reside.
(шире)Common, vulgar.
(Британия, историческое)The areas of a large house in which house staff work, or the staff that work there.
Происхождение
From below + stairs.From below + stairs.
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