stile

English

/staɪl/

noun
Definitions
  • A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.
  • A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stile inherited from Old English stiġel (stile, set of steps for getting over a fence) inherited from Proto-Germanic *stigilō (overpass, entry, stile, entrance, device for climbing) suffix from English sty (climb, ascend).

Origin

English

sty

Gloss

climb, ascend

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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