Stile

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stile \Stile\, n. [See {Style}.]
     1. A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a
        style. See {Style}. --Moxon.
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     2. Mode of composition. See {Style}. [Obs.]


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              May I not write in such a stile as this? --Bunyan.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stile \Stile\, n. [OE. stile, AS. stigel a step, a ladder, from
     st[imac]gan to ascend; akin to OHG. stigila a stile.
     [root]164. See {Sty}, v. i., and cf. {Stair}.]
     1. A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in
        passing a fence or wall.
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              There comes my master . . . over the stile, this
              way.                                  --Shak.
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              Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle.
                                                    --Bunyan.
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     2. (Arch.) One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the
        primary members of a frame, into which the secondary
        members are mortised.
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     Note: In an ordinary door the principal upright pieces are
           called stiles, the subordinate upright pieces mullions,
           and the crosspieces rails. In wainscoting the principal
           pieces are sometimes called stiles, even when
           horizontal.
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     {Hanging stile}, {Pulley stile}. See under {Hanging}, and
        {Pulley}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stile
       n : an upright that is a member in a door or window frame

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "stile":
     French door, Samson post, archway, back door, back stairs,
     baluster, balustrade, banister, barway, bulkhead,
     carriage entrance, cellar door, cellarway, companion, companionway,
     door, doorjamb, doorpost, doorway, escalier, fire escape,
     flight of steps, front door, gate, gatepost, gateway, hatch,
     hatchway, hitching post, incline, jamb, king post, landing,
     landing stage, lintel, milepost, mullion, perron, porch, portal,
     porte cochere, post, postern, propylaeum, pylon, ramp, scuttle,
     side door, signpost, snubbing post, spiral staircase, staircase,
     stairs, stairway, stanchion, standard, stepping-stones, steps,
     storm door, threshold, tollgate, trap, trap door,
     treads and risers, turnpike, turnstile, upright