dial. [f. STEEP v.2 + -ER1.] (See quot. 1837.)
1815. Sporting Mag., XLV. 110. One may be placed about nine inches above the steepers of a hedge.
1837. J. F. Palmer, Gloss. to Mrs. Palmer’s Dialogue Devon Dial., Steepers, in trimming hedges, the central branches, cut half through and laid lengthways.
