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GLOSSARY~
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| APRON |
TREAD - the horizontal ’steps’ of a staircase, the depth of which is typically 11¼” to 11½”. (*) |
| ASCENDING VOLUTE | |
| BASECAP | |
| BALCONY / LANDING RAIL | |
| BALUSTER | |
| BALUSTRADE | |
| CLOSED STAIRCASE | |
| CURBED STAIRCASE | |
| CURVED STAIRCASE | |
| ‘GOOD MORNING’ STAIRCASE | |
| GOOSENECK FITTING | |
| LANDING | |
| NEWEL | |
| OPEN STAIRCASE | |
| OVER-THE-POST (OTP) | |
| OVER-THE-POST (OTP) and/or POST-TO-POST (PTP) | |
| OVEREASING | |
| POST-TO-POST (PTP) | |
| RAKE RAIL | |
| RISER | |
| ROSETTE | |
| SCOTIA | |
| SHOE | |
| SKIRTBOARD | |
| STARTING STEP | |
| TREAD | |
| UPEASING | |
| VOLUTE | |
| WALL-MOUNTED HANDRAIL |