spile1

[spahyl] /spaɪl/
noun
1.
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
2.
a spout for conducting sap from the sugar maple.
3.
a heavy wooden stake or pile.
4.
Mining. forepole.
verb (used with object), spiled, spiling.
5.
to stop up (a hole) with a spile or peg.
6.
to furnish with a spigot or spout, as for drawing off a liquid.
7.
to tap by means of a spile.
8.
to furnish, strengthen, or support with spiles or piles.
Origin
1505-15; < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile splinter, peg; cognate with German Speil

spile2

[spahyl] /spaɪl/
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), spiled, spiling, noun
1.
spoil.
Examples from the web for spile
  • Two large spile drivers are now building a crib, to mark the location of the piers.
  • Use a battery-powered drill and a bit that matches the size of your tap or spile for a tight fit.
  • Discharge through spiles frequently is controlled using a small wooden stake that slides across the spile opening.
British Dictionary definitions for spile

spile

/spaɪl/
noun
1.
a heavy timber stake or pile
2.
(US & Canadian) a spout for tapping sap from the sugar maple tree
3.
a plug or spigot
verb (transitive)
4.
to provide or support with a spile
5.
(US) to tap (a tree) with a spile
6.
(Northern English, dialect) a splinter
Word Origin
C16: probably from Middle Dutch spile peg; related to Icelandic spila skewer, Latin spīna thorn
Word Origin and History for spile
n.

tap or spout for drawing maple sugar, 1844, from Northern English dialect spile "splinter" (1510s), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile "splinter, skewer, bar, spindle," perhaps related to spike (n.1).