steepled

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstiːpəld/

steepled

1. simple past and past participle of steeple

steepled (comparative more steepled, superlative most steepled)

1. (of a building) having a steeple
   • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:

     The same steepled towns dangle from the sea's horizon, the Brueghel faces of our electorate are as pink with zeal as they were those three decades ago.

2. formed into the shape of a steeple

• (antonym(s) of “having a steeple”): steepleless

• steeple
• steepleless

• depletes