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spile

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As a noun, spile means a spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask. As a verb, it means plug (a hole) with a spile.

Meanings of spile

11 meanings

noun

  1. A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.

  2. USA spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.

  3. A pile; a post or girder.

  4. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

    Similar: pile, piling, stilt
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. obsoletedialectalA splinter.

verb

  1. To plug (a hole) with a spile.

  2. To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.

  3. To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.

  4. To support by means of spiles.

  5. To drive piles into.

  6. USdialectSpoil.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

spile around the world

USA spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
USSpoil.

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into…
pilepilingstilt
noun: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
bung

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