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Definition of shutting stile

: the stile of a hinged door which strikes the rabbet of the jamb when the door is shut and on which the fastenings are secured — compare hanging stile

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“Shutting stile.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shutting%20stile. Accessed 13 December 2019.

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