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Webster 1913 Edition

Stile

Stile

,
Noun.
[See
Style
.]
1.
A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See
Style
.
Moxon.
2.
Mode of composition. See
Style
.
[Obs.]
May I not write in such a
stile
as this?
Bunyan.

Stile

,
Noun.
[OE.
stile
, AS.
stigel
a step, a ladder, from
stīgan
to ascend; akin to OHG.
stigila
a stile. √164. See
Sty
,
Verb.
I.
, and cf.
Stair
.]
1.
A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall.
There comes my master . . . over the
stile
, this way.
Shakespeare
Over this
stile
in the way to Doubting Castle.
Bunyan.
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.
☞ 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.
Hanging stile
,
Pulley stile
.
See under
Hanging
, and
Pulley
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stile

STILE

,
Noun.
[This is another spelling of style. See Style and Still.] A pin set on the face of a dial to form a shadow.
Erect the stile perpendicularly over the substilar line, so as to make an angle with the dial-plane equal to the elevation of the pole of your place.

STILE

,
Noun.
[G. See Stair.] A step or set of steps for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall.

Definition 2024

stilé

stilé

See also: stile, Stile, stilè, and stíle

Italian

Alternative forms

  • stilè‎

Adjective

stilé m, f ‎(invariable)

  1. stylish, smart

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