spile

(Inglese)

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.

Noun

1. (Cumbria, dialectal, obsolete) A splinter.
2. A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
3. (US) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.

Noun

A pile; a post or girder.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/spaɪl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine saterfriesisch: spyl

Affine tedesco: Speil

Affine danese: spile

Affine olandese: spijl

In summary

From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile (“splinter, peg”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spīlaz (“splinter, peg”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“prickle, pointed stick”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spyl, German Speil (“chip, splinter, gore, wedge”), Danish spile, Dutch spijl.

Concetti

zaffo

andare a male

palo

marcire

palafitta

zipolo

sinonimi

pile

spigot

piling

stilt

bung

vent-peg

peg

pin

plugboard

pole

spill

splinter

stake

stop log

stopper

stopple

stop up

tap

tenon

retinal cone

stop

🛑

stop plank

cap

cone

cotter

decay

dowel pin

picket

Traduzioni

empilage

kazık

zuspunden

πάσσαλος

σαπίζω

βούλωμα

πείρος

πώμα

τάπα

échasse

pourrir

pilotis

rotten

spil

pal