Having made this self-confession, she stepped back into the doorway; and, standing upon the stoup, awaited the unwelcome visitor with an air of defiant indifference.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
There was no enclosure around the domicile of Will Walford-not even a ditch; and his visitor, without stopping, walked straight up to the door-where the woodman was standing on the stoup to receive him.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
The beautiful water-stoup in front is by Giotto.
"The South of France--East Half"
Charles Bertram Black