Middle English Dictionary Entry
stọ̄ple n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stọ̄ple n. |
| Etymology | OE stōpel |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A step on a flight of stairs; (b) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)165 : Þreo siðes steȝh þis holie maiden; erest lichamliche, þo hie was þreo ȝier heold, biforen þe temple on þe steire of fiftene stoples, fro neþewarde to uuewarde.
b
- (1300-1301) Let.Bk.Lond.C (Gldh LetBk C)86 : Roger atte Stoples.