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

Noun

Singular:
spile
Plural:
spiles

Origin of Spile

  • 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.

    From Wiktionary

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