stiles

noun

1. 1.A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.
2. 2.A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder.
3. 3.Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
4. 4.(by extension from sense 1.1) A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
5. 5.A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.