stile
pronunciation
How to pronounce stile in British English:
UK [staɪl]
How to pronounce stile in American English:
US [staɪl]
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- Noun:
- an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
Word Origin
- stile
- stile: [OE] A stile is etymologically something you ‘climb’. The word goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *stig- ‘climb’ (source also of English stair, stirrup, etc, and of German steigen ‘climb, rise’).=> stair, stirrup
- stile (n.)
- Old English stigel, stile "device for climbing, ladder," related to stigen "to climb," from Proto-Germanic *stig- "to climb" (see stair). An arrangement to allow persons to pass but not sheep and cattle.
Example
- 1. He would always help a lame dog over a stile , that was his boast .
- 2. He would always help a lame dog over the stile , that was his boast .
- 3. The famous old plan of counting sheep jumping over a stile has never served my turn .
- 4. He paused to give alexandra his hand as she stepped over the stile .
- 5. Horse and rider overed the stile with ease .