Halfpace


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Half´pace`

    (~pās`)
n.1.(Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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