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stile¹ Definition

stile (stīl)

noun

  1. a step or set of steps used in climbing over a fence or wall
  2. turnstile

Etymology: ME < OE stigel < stigan, to climb < IE base *steigh-, to step, climb > stair, Sans stighnoti, (he) climbs, Gr stichos, a row, line

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.