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caracole

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spiral stair, caracole, circular stair, cockle stair, corkscrew stair, spiral staircase
spiral stair
A flight of stairs, circular in plan, whose treads wind around a central newel. Also called a helical stair, solid newel stair.
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In his joyous caracole round the lists, the attention of the Prince was called by the commotion, not yet subsided, which had attended the ambitious movement of Isaac towards the higher places of the assembly.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
Pretty figures we shall cut on ponies while Aramis and Porthos caracole on their steeds.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
 
 
 
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