below stairs (English, prep_phrase)
Senses:
glosses: On a floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies; below the main floor of a multi-floor building.
tags: dated
glosses: 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.
tags: UK
historical
glosses: Common, vulgar.
tags: broadly
glosses: The areas of a large house in which house staff work, or the staff that work there.
tags: UK
historical
raw_tags: as noun
Forms:
form: below-stairs
tags: alternative
form: belowstairs
tags: alternative