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steepled, ppl. a.|ˈstiːp(ə)ld|
[f. steeple n.1 + -ed2.]
†1. Having the form of a steeple. Obs.
1600Fairfax Tasso ix. viii, A steepled Turbant on her head she wore. 1604T. Wright Passions vi. 332 The like I might say of long steepled hattes.
2. Of a building: Having a steeple or steeples.
1711Dissent. Teachers' Addr. agst. Bill building Fifty new Churches 10 And shall this be done for a few ungodly steepled ædifices? 1884W. C. Smith Kildrostan i. i. 10 Why tolls the bell from the steepled kirk?
3. Of a town, etc.: Having many steeples; conspicuous for its steeple or steeples.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. i. i, On green field and steepled city, the May sun shines out. 1893K. L. Bates Eng. Relig. Drama 117 This steepled town [Coventry] was famous for its Corpus Christi pageants. 1896A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xxviii, The bridges from the steepled crest Cross the water east and west.
4. Crowned as if with steeples.
1861L. L. Noble Icebergs 223 It was only a fair field for the steepled icebergs, a vast metropolis in ice.
5. Of the fingers or hands: brought together in the form of a steeple.
1971P. O'Donnell Impossible Virgin x. 212 Tapping the tips of his steepled fingers together. 1981‘L. Egan’ Miser (1982) ii. 26 ‘Not much criminal practice,’ said Jesse, brooding over his steepled hands. |
