Found 2 items, similar to stile.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stile stile n : an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
English → English (gcide) Definition: Stile Stile \Stile\, n. [See Style.] 1. A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style. --Moxon. [1913 Webster] 2. Mode of composition. See Style. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] May I not write in such a stile as this? --Bunyan. [1913 Webster] Stile \Stile\, n. [OE. stile, AS. stigel a step, a ladder, from st[=i]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. [1913 Webster] There comes my master . . . over the stile, this way. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Hanging stile, Pulley stile. See under Hanging, and Pulley. [1913 Webster]