The Collaborative International Dictionary
Steeple-crowned \Stee"ple-crowned`\ (-kround`), a.
Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building.
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Having a crown shaped like a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned hat; also, wearing a hat with such a crown.
This grave, bearded, sable-cloaked, and steeple-crowned progenitor.
--Hawthorne.
Usage examples of "steeple-crowned".
I seem to have a stronger claim to a residence here on account of this grave, bearded, sable-cloaked and steeple-crowned progenitor,—who came so early, with his Bible and his sword, and trod the unworn street with such a stately port, and made so large a figure, as a man of war and peace,—a stronger claim than for myself, whose name is seldom heard and my face hardly known.
Thus, the Puritan elders, in their black cloaks, starched bands, and steeple-crowned hats, smiled not unbenignantly at the clamor and rude deportment of these jolly seafaring men.