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Definition of Steepled
1. a. Furnished with, or having the form of, a steeple; adorned with steeples.
Definition of Steepled
1. Verb. (past of steeple) ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a building) having a steeple ¹
3. Adjective. formed into the shape of a steeple ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Steepled
1. steeple [adj] - See also: steeple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steepled
Literary usage of Steepled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1841)
"the steepled town no more Like palace-domes in sunset's cloud, Stretches along
the sail-thronged shores Fad« sun-gilt spire and mansion proud ! ..."
2. Rhymes of Vermont Rural Life by Daniel Leavens Cady (1919)
"... meetinghouse or steeple; The meetinghouse and steeple, too, It seems are "bending
low" today— The old white-steepled meetinghouse Is passing fast away. ..."
3. The Confederation of Kilkenny by Charles Patrick Meehan (1882)
"... square one half yard upon the back, girded unto them with a rude massive rope,
with a great knot before, and unto this coat sowed a steepled hood, ..."
4. Primrose Diplomacy: Discords in the Jingo Symphony by an Untuned Lyre by Joseph Hutchinson (1902)
"... Peopled with voices and spirits who speak unto me, Me unto cities lead, cities
all golden and steepled, steepled with spires of the morning. ..."
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