stile : Idioms & Phrases

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Diminishing stile

  • (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one part than in another, as in many glazed doors.
Webster 1913

Hanging stile

  • . (Arch.) (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured. (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened.
Webster 1913

Hanging stile, Pulley stile

  • . See under Hanging, and Pulley.
Webster 1913

Pulley stile

  • (Arch.), the upright of the window frame into which a pulley is fixed and along which the sash slides.
Webster 1913