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- Dictionaryspile/spʌɪl/
noun
- 1. a small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask.
- 2. a large, heavy timber driven into the ground to support a superstructure.
verb
- 1. broach (a cask) with a peg in order to draw off liquid.
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1. : pile entry 1 sense 1. 2. : a small plug used to stop the vent of a cask : bung. 3. : a spout inserted in a tree to draw off sap. spile. 2 of 2. verb. spiled; spiling. transitive verb. 1. : to plug with a spile. 2. : to supply with a spile. Examples of spile in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Noun.
a small piece of wood that is used to control the amount of gas in a barrel (= large container) of beer: A small wooden peg called a spile is knocked into the top of the barrel. When fermentation starts to slow down, a hard spile is used to control the escape of the gas. Fewer examples. A hard spile is used to open a hole in the side of the cask.
Spile definition: a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.. See examples of SPILE used in a sentence.
noun. 1. a heavy timber stake or pile. 2. US and Canadian. a spout for tapping sap from the sugar maple tree. 3. a plug or spigot. 4. Northern England dialect. a splinter. verb (transitive) 5. to provide or support with a spile. 6. US. to tap (a tree) with a spile. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin.
Definitions of spile. noun. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure. synonyms: pile, piling, stilt. see more. noun. a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask. synonyms: bung. see more.
spile. ( spaɪl) n. 1. (Building) a heavy timber stake or pile. 2. (Forestry) US and Canadian a spout for tapping sap from the sugar maple tree. 3. (Tools) a plug or spigot. vb ( tr) 4. (Building) to provide or support with a spile. 5. (Forestry) US to tap (a tree) with a spile. 6. dialect Northern English a splinter.
5 days ago · spile (third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle spiled) To plug (a hole) with a spile. To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
Verb. Filter. noun. spiles. A plug or spigot, as for a barrel. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A heavy stake or timber driven into the ground as a foundation or support; pile. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A tap or spout driven into a maple tree to draw off sap. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: stilt.
n. a peg or plug of wood, esp. one used as a spigot. a spout for conducting sap from the sugar maple. Building a heavy wooden stake or pile. Mining forepole. v.t. 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.
noun, transitive verb. The meaning of spile. Definition of spile. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.
