English Explanatory Dictionary

spile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
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. A pile; a post or girder.
verb
  1. To support by means of spiles.
  2. To drive piles into.
verb
  1. spoil.

Pronunciation

/spaɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spile.wav

Word forms

spile spiles spiling spiled

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.

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