Going

Also called tread, treads, run

The horizontal depth of a step measured from one nosing to the next (the tread less the overlap); Blondel’s rule relates it to the riser: 2 risers + going ≈ 63–65 cm.

Rules that use the word

Two risers and a going make a pace. Proportion every step so that twice its height plus its depth equals the length of a natural pace on the level: two feet, or 24 pouces.

The winding stair. Where space is short, wind the stair round a newel or an open well; measure the going on the walking line, about halfway along the tread, where it should be as generous as on a straight flight.

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters Stairs, The Doric Order.

Nearby in the glossary

Giant order · Giardino segreto · Girih · Giwa · Golden section · Gong · Gopuram · Groin