steeper (steper)

[ steepfult (step'fül), a. [ Anon he stalks about a steep full Rock, Where som, to shun Death's (never shunned) stroak, Had clambred vp. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Vocation. steeply hedges, and other obstacles must be jumped as they come in the way. The name is supposed to be originally due to any conspicuous object, such as a church-steeple, having been chosen as a goal, toward which those taking part in the race were allowed to take any course they chose. The limits of the steeplechase course are now marked out by flags.