What is "steepled"

Usage examples of "steepled".

Suydam was a lettered recluse of ancient Dutch family, possessed originally of barely independent means, and inhabiting the spacious but ill-preserved mansion which his grandfather had built in Flatbush when that village was little more than a pleasant group of colonial cottages surrounding the steepled and ivy-clad Reformed Church with its iron-railed yard of Netherlandish gravestones.

I climbed gentle hills from whose summits I could see entrancing panoramas of loveliness, with steepled towns nestling in verdant valleys, and with the golden domes of gigantic cities glittering on the infinitely distant horizon.

Arnold steepled his fingers, more a thoughtful gesture, I judged, than a prayerful one.

I do itv He dropped his hand from his head and steepled his fingers between his knees.

Saetan steepled his long, black-tinted nails and rested his golden eyes on the portrait hanging on the far wall between two bookcases.

The High Lord of Hell sat quietly by the fire, his slender fingers loosely steepled, the long nails a glistening black.

He put the glass down and leaned forward, elbows resting on his knees, his steepled fingers brushing his chin.

Daemon crossed his legs and steepled his fingers, resting them lightly on his chin.

Daemon straightened in his chair, crossed his legs, and steepled his fingers.

Kaeleer Hall, his legs crossed at the knee, his fingers steepled and resting on his chin.

Sadi crossed his legs at the knee and steepled his fingers, resting his long nails on his chin.

The white-haired chief relaxed his steepled fingers and smiled earnestly at his undermin.

He steepled his fingers under his chin while he studied the chessboard.

John steepled his fingers, staring unblinkingly at Ronsard for a long moment.

Deanna brought her palms together, fingers steepled, to try to compose herself.