stile

C2 Topic:Animals

US /ˈstaɪl/ UK /staɪl/ See IPA manual

Homophones

style /ˈstaɪl/

Freq #89589

Meanings

1

noun
A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.

'Twas very true what Greening said; for of a summer evening I would take the path that led up Weatherbeech Hill, behind the Manor; both because 'twas a walk that had a good prospect in itself, and also a sweet charm for me, namely, the hope of seeing Grace Maskew. And there I often sat upon the stile that ends the path and opens on the down, and watched the old half-ruined house below; and sometimes saw white-frocked Gracie walking on the terrace in the evening sun, and sometimes in returning passed her window near enough to wave a greeting.
2

noun
an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
3

noun
A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

3 noun · a vertical component of a... railstringer

Word family

Related forms stair sty

Etymology

From Middle English stile, style, stiȝele, from Old English stiġel (“stile, set of steps for getting over a fence”), from Proto-West Germanic *stigilu, from Proto-Germanic *stigilō (“entry, entrance, overpass, device for climbing, stile”), equivalent to sty (“to ascend, climb”) + -le. Cognate with Dutch stegel (“stirrup”), Low German Stegel (“stile”), German Stiegel (“stile”).

Topics

Animals

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# stile

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈstaɪl/
**IPA (UK):** /staɪl/
**Frequency rank:** 89589

## Meanings
1. A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.
2. an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
3. A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder.

## Examples
- 'Twas very true what Greening said; for of a summer evening I would take the path that led up Weatherbeech Hill, behind the Manor; both because 'twas a walk that had a good prospect in itself, and also a sweet charm for me, namely, the hope of seeing Grace Maskew. And there I often sat upon the stile that ends the path and opens on the down, and watched the old half-ruined house below; and sometimes saw white-frocked Gracie walking on the terrace in the evening sun, and sometimes in returning passed her window near enough to wave a greeting.

## Related Forms
- stair
- sty

## Etymology
From Middle English stile, style, stiȝele, from Old English stiġel (“stile, set of steps for getting over a fence”), from Proto-West Germanic *stigilu, from Proto-Germanic *stigilō (“entry, entrance, overpass, device for climbing, stile”), equivalent to sty (“to ascend, climb”) + -le. Cognate with Dutch stegel (“stirrup”), Low German Stegel (“stile”), German Stiegel (“stile”).

## Topics
- Animals

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