steeple-crowned Meaning, Definition & Usage

Stee"ple-crowned` adjective

Definitions

1. Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building.
2. Having a crown shaped like a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned hat; also, wearing a hat with such a crown.

   This grave, beared, sable-cloaked, and steeple-crowned progenitor. Hawthorne.