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Added 9 October 2026

spile

/spaɪl/ noun

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A splinter.
A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.

verb

To plug (a hole) with a spile.
To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.

noun

A pile; a post or girder.

verb

To support by means of spiles.
To drive piles into.

Origin

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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