stepway

English

Etymology

From step +‎ way.

Noun

stepway (plural stepways)

  1. Synonym of stairway.
    • 1906, H. G. Wells, In the Days of the Comet:
      That was our style, you know, and meanwhile we walked together up the narrow street outside his lodging, up the stepway and the lanes toward Clayton Crest and the high road.