steeplechaser (ste plchaser)

1. One who rides in steeplechases. - 2. A horse running or trained to run in a steeplechase. "If you do not like hunting, you are to affect to," says Mamma. "You must listen to Captain Breakneck's stories at dinner, laugh in the right places, and ask intelligent questions about his steeplechasers ." Nineteenth Century, XXVI. 780. Schas steeplechasing (stēʻpl-chasing), n. [ steeple chase + -ing .] The act or sport of riding in a steeplechase. steeple-crownt (ste'pl-kroun), n. crowned hat. A steeple And on their heads old steeple - crowns . Hudibras Redivivus (1706). ( Nares .) steeple-crowned (ste'pl-kround), a. Having a high peaked crown resembling a steeple: noting various articles of head-gear. The women wearing the old country steeple - crowned hat and simply made gowns. Ashton , Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, II. 138. steepled (ste'pld), a. [ steeple + -ed2 .] 1. Furnished or adorned with a steeple or steeples. As we neared the provincial city [Worcester), we saw the steepled ma of the cathedral, long and high, rise far into the cloud-freckled blue. H. James , Jr., Pa . Pilgrim, p. 44. 2. Having the form of a steeple; peaked; towering. Steepled hattes. Wright, Pa ions of the Mind (ed. 1621), p. 330. ( Hall i well. ) A steepled turbant on her head she wore. Fairfax.