n. 墙两边的阶梯

[ noun ]
an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
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Stile \Stile\, n. [See {Style}.]
1. A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a
style. See {Style}. --Moxon.

2. Mode of composition. See {Style}. [Obs.]

May I not write in such a stile as this? --Bunyan.


Stile \Stile\, n. [OE. stile, AS. stigel a step, a ladder, from
st[=i]gan to ascend; akin to OHG. stigila a stile. [root]164.
See {Sty}, v. i., and cf. {Stair}.]
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. --Shak.

Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle.
--Bunyan.

2. (Arch.) One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the
primary members of a frame, into which the secondary
members are mortised.

Note: In an ordinary door the principal upright pieces are
called stiles, the subordinate upright pieces mullions,
and the crosspieces rails. In wainscoting the principal
pieces are sometimes called stiles, even when
horizontal.

{Hanging stile}, {Pulley stile}. See under {Hanging}, and
{Pulley}.