stairgate
nounEtymology From stair + gate.
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A gate fitted across a domestic staircase to prevent young children from climbing the stairs, or falling down them.
- Perhaps she has to buy a new stairgate, fireguard, or fit in a lamp. This may be a big dip in her purse, but in this financial comparison it is trivial.1979, Brian Jackson, Sonia Jackson, Childminder: A Study in Action Research:
- There should be a stairgate and the door to the garden should be secured so that children cannot get out unsupervised[…]1991, “The Children Act: Guidance and Regulations”, in Health, Department:
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- At this point you realise that you're also on edge because the kids don't know this house, and the eldest might be sleepwalking and there are no stairgates[…]2004, Richard Hallows, Full Time Father, page 46: