spile

Meaning

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

Noun

A pile; a post or girder.

Synonyms

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spaɪl/

Etymology

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.