† ˈstipit Obs. rare—1.
[ad. It. stipite, a. L. stīpitem, stipes.]
A post, an upright.
| 1592 R. D. Hypnerotomachia 54 A frame of three feete..To the which were three stypits [It. Sopra elquale erano tre stipiti infixi]. Ibid., Betwixt one and other of the stypets, there hung [etc.]. |