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spile
1[spahyl]
noun
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
a spout for conducting sap from the sugar maple.
a heavy wooden stake or pile.
Mining.forepole.
verb (used with object)
to stop up (a hole) with a spile or peg.
to furnish with a spigot or spout, as for drawing off a liquid.
to tap by means of a spile.
to furnish, strengthen, or support with spiles or piles.
spile
2[spahyl]
verb (used with or without object)
spile
/ 貹ɪ /
noun
a heavy timber stake or pile
a spout for tapping sap from the sugar maple tree
a plug or spigot
verb
to provide or support with a spile
to tap (a tree) with a spile
dialecta splinter
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spile1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spile1
Example Sentences
He has placed 500 spiles - or taps - on somewhere in the neighborhood of 175 trees.
They hammered sharp little drippers they called spiles into the holes.
Then they drilled holes in the chosen sugar maples and hammered in the taps, or spiles.
I cut the vine that ties the spile to my belt and hold the metal tube out to him.
English regional words for a small piece of wood under the skin such as "spool", "spile", "speel", "spell", "shiver", "spill" and "splint" are falling out of use in favour of "splinter".
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