Definition of Steele
Stee"ple (?), n. [OE. stepel, AS.
stēpel, st&?;pel; akin to E. steep, a.]
(Arch.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together;
the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See
Spire. "A weathercock on a steeple."
Shak.
Rood steeple. See Rood tower, under
Rood. -- Steeple bush (Bot.),
a low shrub (Spiræa tomentosa) having dense panicles
of minute rose-colored flowers; hardhack. -- Steeple
chase, a race across country between a number of
horsemen, to see which can first reach some distant object, as a
church steeple; hence, a race over a prescribed course obstructed by
such obstacles as one meets in riding across country, as hedges,
walls, etc. -- Steeple chaser, one who
rides in a steeple chase; also, a horse trained to run in a steeple
chase. -- Steeple engine, a vertical back-
acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead. --
Steeple house, a church. [Obs.] Jer.
Taylor.
Stee"ple (?), n. [OE. stepel, AS.
stēpel, st&?;pel; akin to E. steep, a.]
(Arch.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together;
the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See
Spire. "A weathercock on a steeple."
Shak.
Rood steeple. See Rood tower, under
Rood. -- Steeple bush (Bot.),
a low shrub (Spiræa tomentosa) having dense panicles
of minute rose-colored flowers; hardhack. -- Steeple
chase, a race across country between a number of
horsemen, to see which can first reach some distant object, as a
church steeple; hence, a race over a prescribed course obstructed by
such obstacles as one meets in riding across country, as hedges,
walls, etc. -- Steeple chaser, one who
rides in a steeple chase; also, a horse trained to run in a steeple
chase. -- Steeple engine, a vertical back-
acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead. --
Steeple house, a church. [Obs.] Jer.
Taylor.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a tall tower, often on a church
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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