stile
A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived…A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.
» The hikers climbed over the stile to cross into the next field.
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2 sensesA set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.
Zauntritt, Zaunübertritt, Mauertritt
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перела́зpereláz
A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder.
an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
Examples
3 sentencesThe hikers climbed over the stile to cross into the next field.
A weathered wooden stile marked the boundary between the meadow and the forest.
The farmer repaired the old stile so travelers could pass without damaging the fence.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English stile, style, stiȝele, from Old English stiġel (“stile, set of steps fFrom Middle English stile, style, stiȝele, from Old English stiġel (“stile, set of steps for getting over a fence”), from Proto-West Germanic *stigilu, from Proto-Germanic *stigilō (“entry, entrance, overpass, device for climbing, stile”), equivalent to sty (“to ascend, climb”) + -le. Cognate with Dutch stegel (“stirrup”), Low German Stegel (“stile”), German Stiegel (“stile”).
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