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Definition of Steeple

Steeple
Steeple Stee"ple, n. [OE. stepel, AS. st[=e]pel, 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 (Spir[ae]a 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.

Meaning of Steeple from wikipedia

- architecture, a steeple is a tall tower on a building, topped by a spire and often incorporating a belfry and other components. Steeples are very common...
- Look up steeple in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A steeple is a tall tower on a building, often topped by a spire. Steeple may also refer to: Comtois...
- the steeple sign is a radiologic sign found on a frontal neck radiograph where subglottic tracheal narrowing produces the shape of a church steeple within...
- Steeple Claydon is a village and civil parish in the Buckinghamshire district of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about...
- 1903–1904. Steeplechase (video game), a 1975 arcade game released by Atari SteepleChase Records, a Danish jazz label Steeplechase Building, in Las Vegas,...
- Steeple is a village on the Dengie Peninsula in Es****, England. It is situated just east of Maylandsea and Mayland, on the southern side of the River...
- The Falkirk Steeple is a muni****l building on the High Street in Falkirk in Scotland. The building, which accommodates a heritage centre, is a Category...
- A trinitarian steeple is a three-point steeple typical of the province of Soule in the Northern Basque Country of France. The three points symbolize the...
- Steeple is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Steeple with Tyneham, in the Purbeck district of the English county of Dorset...
- western North America Spiraea tomentosa, native to eastern North America Steeple Bush, poetry collection by Robert Frost This page is an index of articles...