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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
steeple \stee"ple\ st=e"p'l, n. oe. stepel, as. st=epel,
st=ypel; 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.
1913 webster
rood steeple. see rood tower, under rood.
steeple bush bot., a low shrub spiraea 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.
1913 webster
see also:
spire rood steeple rood tower rood steeple bush spiraea tomentosa
steeple chase steeple chaser steeple engine steeple house
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