'Stele' definitions:

Definition of 'stele'

From: WordNet
noun
The usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant
noun
An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings [syn: stele, stela]

Definition of 'Stele'

From: GCIDE
  • Stele \Stele\ (st[=e]l), n. [See Stale a handle.] A stale, or handle; a stalk. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --Holland. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Stele'

From: GCIDE
  • Stele \Ste"le\ (st[=e]"l[=e]), n. [NL.] Same as Stela. [1913 Webster]
  • One of these steles, containing the Greek version of the ordinance, has recently been discovered. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'stele'

From: GCIDE
  • Stale \Stale\ (st[=a]l), n. [OE. stale, stele, AS. stael, stel; akin to LG. & D. steel, G. stiel; cf. L. stilus stake, stalk, stem, Gr. steleo`n a handle, and E. stall, stalk, n.] The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake. [Written also steal, stele, etc.] [1913 Webster]
  • But seeing the arrow's stale without, and that the head did go No further than it might be seen. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]