Stile : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Stile	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stile n an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stile \Stile\, n. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stile \Stile\, n. [OE. stile, AS. stigel a step, a ladder, from st[c6]gan to ascend; akin to OHG. stigila a stile. [fb]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. There comes my master . . . over the stile, this way. --Shak. 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. 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. {Hanging stile}, {Pulley stile}. See under {Hanging}, and {Pulley}.