stile¹ Definition
stile (stīl)
stile² Definition
stile (stīl)
noun
a vertical piece in a panel or frame, as of a door or window
Etymology: Du stijl, doorpost
stile Usage Examples
Converse of object
- climb: Climb the next stile onto the narrow track, Scar House Lane.
- cross: At the top, cross a stile, keeping to the path, which is fenced on both sides.
- erect: One example of this is a stile erected under sections 66 or 147 of the Highways Act 1980.
- ignore: Keep ahead on the road ignoring a stile, left.
- reach: Follow right hand edge of field to reach stile at end of conifers.
- replace: The group is on a rolling program to replace all stiles with kissing gates.
Preposition: on
- footpath: Accessibility There are two steep ladder stiles on the footpath and the going is rough in places.
- left: Continue right to the top of the field where you will find another stile on the left.
Preposition: over
fence: Use the stile over the fence rather than the signposted footpath to the south.
Adjective modifier
- wooden: Go over a two stepped wooden stile, then a wooden spring gate through a hole in the wall.
- broken: Simon has reported the broken stile to the Rights of Way Officer using their web-site.
- vertical: Finally there is a vertical stone slab stile in the southwest.
Modifies a noun
antico: Its imitative and expressive chromatic texture evokes the motets of the Renaissance era, the so-called " stile antico " .
Noun used with modifier
- ladder: Once over the ladder stile you are in a Nature Reserve.
- squeeze: Follow the road round past a pond, then turn left through a parallel bar squeeze stile onto a woodland path.
- stone: Look for the stone stile to your right in the wall ahead.
Preposition: in
- hedge: Once over the stile in the hedge, follow the edge of the wood.
- corner: Go through a stile in the corner of the field, where the hedge bends sharply to the left for a short distance.
- fence: Go over the stile in the fence just past the gate on the left.
Preposition: by
gate: Angle to the right across the next field, to a stile by a gate, about 70 yards from the right hand corner.
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