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Stairs & handrails
Staircases and handrailing.
Staircase
A built structure of steps carrying people between floors, named both by its plan shape, such as dog-legged, and by how its strings are treated.
Handrail
The shaped rail running along the top of a staircase's upright posts, the part a hand rests on and grips going up or down.