The past tense of 'stie', which means to keep an animal in a small, closed area.
Stied can make people think of animals being kept in a small, not very nice place.
Examples:
Yesterday, I stied the pig in the pen.
She stied the chickens in the coop.
The farmer stied the cow in the barn.
The cat stied itself in the box!
He stied the elephant in the shed.
The zookeeper stied the lion in the cage.