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.].
