DOGLEG

Dog-leg

A dog-leg is a configuration of stairs between two floors of a building, often a domestic building, in which a flight of stairs ascends to a half-landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards. The flights do not have to be equal, and frequently are not.

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dogleg

Noun

  1. A sharp bend in the fairway (before the hole)
  2. A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards.

Verb

  1. To bend in the shape of the hind leg of a dog.


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