Steeple
11steeple — UK [ˈstiːp(ə)l] / US [ˈstɪp(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms steeple : singular steeple plural steeples a tall pointed tower on a church …
12steeple — 1. noun a) a tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire b) a spire 2. verb To form something into the shape of a steeple. He steepled his fingers as he considered the question …
13steeple — noun Steeple is used after these nouns: ↑church …
14steeple — [[t]sti͟ːp(ə)l[/t]] steeples N COUNT A steeple is a tall pointed structure on top of the tower of a church. Syn: spire …
15steeple — stee·ple || stɪËpl n. tall ornamental construction topped with a steeple (placed on roofs or towers) …
16steeple — noun a solitary gull perched atop the church steeple Syn: spire, tower; bell tower, belfry, campanile; minaret …
17steeple — n. a tall tower, esp. one surmounted by a spire, above the roof of a church. Phrases and idioms: steeple crowned (of a hat) with a tall pointed crown. Derivatives: steepled adj. Etymology: OE stepel stypel f. Gmc (as STEEP(1)) …
18steeple-chase — [ stipɶlʃɛz ] n. m. • 1828; angl. steeplechase « course (chase) au clocher (steeple) » ♦ Anglic. Course d obstacles pour les chevaux, comportant haies, murs, fossés. ⇒ steeple. Des steeple chases. steeple chase ou steeple n. m. ( …
19steeple-chase, steeple-chases ou steeple, steeples — ● steeple chase, steeple chases ou steeple, steeples nom masculin (anglais steeple chase, de steeple, clocher, et chase, chasse) Course de chevaux qui comporte des haies ainsi que des obstacles de différentes natures. (Le grand steeple chase de… …
20Steeple bush — Steeple Stee ple (st[=e] p l), n. [OE. stepel, AS. st[=e]pel, st[=y]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… …
