English Dictionary

spile

/spaɪl/

noun

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

He got a spile in his finger while working with wood.

意味（1）

(obsolete or dialectal) A splinter.

意味（2）

A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.

So I felt my way down the passage back to the vault, and recked not of the darkness, nor of Blackbeard and his crew, if only I could lay my lips to liquor. Thus I groped about the barrels till near the top of the stack my hand struck on the spile of a keg, and drawing it, I got my mouth to the hold.

意味（3）

(US) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.