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Steeple

//ˈstiːpəl// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A hamlet in Steeple with Tyneham parish, Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9181).
  2. 2
    A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9303).
Noun
  1. 1
    A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.

    "Above the session-room of the Council is the steeple, and in the steeple is the belfry, where exists, and has existed time out of mind, the pride and wonder of the village—the great clock of the borough of Vondervotteimittiss."

  2. 2
    a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top wordnet
  3. 3
    A spire.
  4. 4
    A high headdress of the 14th century. historical
Verb
  1. 1
    To form something into the shape of a steeple. transitive

    "He steepled his fingers as he considered the question."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stepel, from Old English stīpel, stȳpel, stīepel (“tower, steeple”), from Proto-West Germanic *staupil, from Proto-Germanic *staupilaz (“that which is steep, tower, steeple”), equivalent to steep + -le. Cognate with Old Norse stǫpull (“tower, steeple”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English stepel, from Old English stīpel, stȳpel, stīepel (“tower, steeple”), from Proto-West Germanic *staupil, from Proto-Germanic *staupilaz (“that which is steep, tower, steeple”), equivalent to steep + -le. Cognate with Old Norse stǫpull (“tower, steeple”).

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