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stile

US/staɪl/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

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

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • help a lame dog over a stile
  • kissing gate
  • rail and stile

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