Spile

[spail]

Definition

(n.) A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.

(n.) A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.

(n.) A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile.

(v. t.) To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.

Inputed by Claude

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Spigot.[2]. [Colloquial.] Pile.

Inputed by Isabella

Definition

n. a wooden plug serving as a spigot a wooden pin or wedge: a spout driven into a sugar-maple tree a tapping-gouge: a pile or large timber driven into the ground for a foundation.—v.t. to pierce and provide with a spile: to drive piles into.—n. Spī′ling building-piles: the edge-curve of a plank or of a strake in a vessel's hull.

Checker: Natalia