Definitions for stile

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stile stile

Spelling: [stahyl]

IPA: /staɪl/

Stile is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in stile (eilst).

Definitions for stile

noun

1. a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
2. a turnstile.
3. any of various upright members framing panels or the like, as in a system of paneling, a paneled door, window sash, or chest of drawers. Compare rail1 (def 8).

Origin of stile

before 900; Middle English; Old English stigel, derivative of stīgan to climb, cognate with German steigen

Examples for stile

By this time all the party had crossed the stile, and were proceeding along the lane.

All this I thought as I grasped the bar of British oak, which was the top of the stile.

I gripped the bar of the stile, which was of good British oak.

He supported her lightly over the stile, and was practically as attentive as a lover could be.

The figure of a soldier appears on the other side of the stile.

The ragged man had reached us, where I stood talking to Henrietta by the stile.

That was what I thought as I grasped the oaken bar of the stile.

"Friend, thou hast said enough," said the Beggar, getting down from the stile.

They came to an understanding, across some stile, most likely.

The road is deserted there, and a stile opens a way into these grounds.