Spile Definition

spīl

spiled, spiles, spiling

noun

spiles

A plug or spigot, as for a barrel.

Webster's New World

A heavy stake or timber driven into the ground as a foundation or support; pile.

Webster's New World

A tap or spout driven into a maple tree to draw off sap.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

verb

spiled, spiles, spiling

To support with a spile.

American Heritage

To set a spile into (a tree, barrel, etc.)

Webster's New World

To stop up (a hole) with a spile, or plug.

Webster's New World

To support by means of spiles.

Wiktionary

(US, dialect, intransitive) Spoil.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Spile

Singular:

spile

Plural:

spiles

From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile (“splinter, peg"), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spÄ«laz (“splinter, peg"), from Proto-Indo-European *spÄ“y- (“prickle, pointed stick"). Cognate with Eastern Frisian spyl, German Speil (“chip, splinter, gore, wedge"), Danish spile.

From Wiktionary
Dutch spijl wooden pin from Middle Dutch spīle

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Alteration of pile, after Etymology 1, above.

From Wiktionary
Alteration of spoil.

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