- 1. n. A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire. Source: opted
- 2. n. a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top Source: wordnet
- 3. 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 (Spiræa 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. Source: webster
- 4. A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole ofa structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire. "A weathercockon a steeple." Shak. Rood steeple. See Rood tower, under Rood.-- Steeple bush (Bot.), a low shrub (Spiræa tomentosa) having densepanicles of minute rose-colored flowers; hardhack.-- Steeple chase, a race across country between a number ofhorsemen, to see which can first reach some distant object, as achurch steeple; hence, a race over a prescribed course obstructed bysuch obstacles as one meets in riding across country, as hedges,walls, etc.-- Steeple chaser, one who rides in a steeple chase; also, a horsetrained to run in a steeple chase.-- Steeple engine, a vertical back-acting steam engine having thecylinder beneath the crosshead.-- Steeple house, a church. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n. a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top Source: ecdict
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