Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stele \Ste"le\, n. [NL.]
   Same as {Stela}.

         One of these steles, containing the Greek version of
         the ordinance, has recently been discovered. --I.
                                                  Taylor (The
                                                  Alphabet).

Stele \Stele\, n. [See {Stale} a handle.]
   A stale, or handle; a stalk. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Holland.

Source : WordNet®

stele
     n 1: the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis
          of a vascular plant
     2: an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings [syn: {stela}]
     [also: {stelae} (pl)]