Stile /(?)/

Stile

n.
  1. A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style.
  2. Mode of composition. See Style. [Obs.]
    May I not write in such a stile as this?

Stile

n.
  1. A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall.
    There comes my master . . . over the stile, this way.
    Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle.
  2. One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised. (Arch.)

Phrases & Compounds
Hanging stile
See under Hanging, and Pulley.