Definition of spiles Spiles
We found 3 definitions of spiles from 2 different sources.
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What does spiles mean?
Wiktionary 
- spiles (Noun)
Plural of spile.
Part of speech
🔤- spiles, noun, plural of spile.
WordNet
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| spile - a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask | ||
| bung | ||
| stopple, stopper, plug (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump" | ||
| cask, barrel the quantity a cask will hold | ||
| spile - a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure | ||
| pile, piling, stilt | ||
| pillar, column a fundamental principle or practice; "science eroded the pillars of superstition" | ||
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Wiktionary
- spile (Noun)
A splinter. - spile (Noun)
A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask. - spile (Noun)
A spout inserted in a maple or other tree to draw off sap. - spile (Noun)
A pile; a post or girder. - spile (Verb)
To plug a hole with a spile. - spile (Verb)
To draw off a liquid using a spile. - spile (Verb)
To provide a barrel, tree etc. with a spile. - spile (Verb)
To support by means of spiles. - spile (Verb)
spoil.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- spile (n.)
A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask. - spile (n.)
A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple. - spile (n.)
A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile. - spile (v. t.)
To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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spile
spīl, n. a wooden plug serving as a spigot, a wooden pin or wedge: a spout driven into a sugar-maple tree, a tapping-gouge: a pile, or large timber driven into the ground for a foundation.—v.t. to pierce and provide with a spile: to drive piles into.—n. Spī′ling, building-piles: the edge-curve of a plank or of a strake in a vessel's hull. [Cf. Spill (2).]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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spile
A stake or piece of wood formed like the frustum of a cone. A vent-peg in a cask of liquor. Small wooden pins which are driven into nail-holes to prevent leaking.
Part of speech
🔤- spile, noun, singular of spiles.
