gait vs stairway

gait

noun
  • Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving on legs. 

  • A sheaf of corn. 

  • A charge for pasturage. 

  • One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training. 

verb
  • To teach a specific gait to a horse. 

stairway

noun
  • A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down. 

How often have the words gait and stairway occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )