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Stee"ple
(), n.[OE. stepel, AS. stpel, stpel; akin to E. steep, a.] (Arch.) 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 (Spira 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.
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