stairgate

plural stairgates · alternative stair gate

1. A gate fitted across a domestic staircase to prevent young children from climbing the stairs, or falling down them.

   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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   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

   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

   Synonyms: baby gate