gunstock stile

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noun

(in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.

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How to use gunstock stile in a sentence

There was also a statement by a parent, Francis Stile, whose two daughters attended the school.
The First Modern School Shooter Feels Responsible for the Rest|Michael Daly|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As there was a stile near, leading into a field, they all got over the stile, and thus passed the geese.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1|Various
As she proceeded up the lane, she paused at the stile where she and Gilbert had held their last conversation.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
Thinking it might be only kind to step into the clerk's, he crossed the stile and went in without ceremony by the open back-door.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood

After dinner we all went to the Church stile, and there eat and drank, and I was as merry as I could counterfeit myself to be.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
He left some money when he went away, and one of the children saw him cross the stile into the next field.
A Thin Ghost and Others|M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James