steeple

steeple
Synonyms and related words:
antenna tower, barbican, belfry, bell tower, campanile, cog, colossus, column, comb, crag, cupola, derrick, dome, fang, fire tower, harrow, jag, lantern, lighthouse, martello, martello tower, mast, minaret, monument, obelisk, observation tower, pagoda, peak, pecten, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, pole, projection, pylon, pyramid, rake, ratchet, sawtooth, shaft, skyscraper, snag, snaggle, spire, sprocket, spur, standpipe, stupa, television mast, tooth, tope, tour, tower, turret, water tower, windmill tower

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  • steeple — [ stipl ] n. m. • 1835; abrév. de steeple chase ♦ Anglic. 1 ♦ Steeple chase. 2 ♦ (1884) Course de fond (3 000 m) dans laquelle les coureurs doivent franchir divers obstacles dispersés sur la piste. Des steeples. Appos. Courir le 3 000 mètres… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 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 steeple. Shak …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Steeple — * Steeple (architecture), a tall tower on a building, often topped by a spire * Steeple, Dorset, a hamlet in south Dorset, England * Steeple, Essex, a very small village in south Essex, England * Steeple (Lake District), a fell in the Lake… …   Wikipedia

  • steeple — O.E. stepel (Mercian), stiepel (W.Saxon) high tower (related to steap high, lofty ), from P.Gmc. *staupilaz (see STEEP (Cf. steep) (adj.)). Steeplechase first recorded 1793 (earlier steeplehunt, 1772), originally a race with a visible church… …   Etymology dictionary

  • steeple n — steeple chase …   English expressions

  • steeple — ► NOUN 1) a church tower and spire. 2) a spire on the top of a church tower or roof. DERIVATIVES steepled adjective. ORIGIN Old English, related to STEEP(Cf. ↑steepness) …   English terms dictionary

  • steeple — [stē′pəl] n. [ME stepel < OE < base of steap, lofty: see STEEP1] 1. a tower rising above the main structure of a building, esp. of a church, usually capped with a spire 2. a church tower with a spire; also, the spire …   English World dictionary

  • Steeple — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Steeple chase. 3000 m steeple …   Wikipédia en Français

  • steeple — steepled, adj. steepleless, adj. steeplelike, adj. /stee peuhl/, n., v., steepled, steepling. n. 1. an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc. 2. a tower terminating in… …   Universalium

  • steeple — n. a church steeple * * * [ stiːp(ə)l] a church steeple …   Combinatory dictionary

  • steeple — UK [ˈstiːp(ə)l] / US [ˈstɪp(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms steeple : singular steeple plural steeples a tall pointed tower on a church …   English dictionary

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