British Dictionary definitions for below stairs
below stairs. adverb. (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work.
What does it mean to be below the stairs?
In a large house, below stairs was the part of the house in which the servants worked and lived, and above stairs was the part in which the family of the owner of the house lived. People who serve other people.
What does above stairs mean?
Definition of abovestairs (Entry 3 of 3) : the part of a building above the ground floor a shout from abovestairs.
