Definition of Spile. Meaning of Spile. Synonyms of Spile

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Definition of Spile

Spile
Spile Spile, n. [Cf. LG. spile, dial. G. speil, speiler, D. spijl. [root]170.] 1. A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.
Spile
Spile Spile, v. t. To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.

Meaning of Spile from wikipedia

- A spile (sometimes called a "cask peg") is a wooden or metal peg used to control the flow of air into, and carbon dioxide out of, a cask of ale or wine...
- Spiling is a traditional technique used in temperate regions of the world for the prevention of erosion to river and stream banks. Willow spiling is currently...
- have served as one of the town's harbors considering that the beaches of Spile and Livadh in the open bay below the town are unsuitable for sheltering...
- Drone zithers or droned zithers are stringed instruments of the zither family that have few (sometimes only one) melodic strings and a greater number of...
- into the cask with a mallet and some kind of tool, usually just a hard spile. A spile is then placed in the hole to regulate the gas flow. If the beer is...
- Spiling is a technique used in building wooden boats in which a smaller component is used as a pattern against which the outline of a larger component...
- different from a cask. A cask has a tap hole near the edge of the top, and a spile hole on the side used for conditioning the unfiltered and unpasteurised...
- driven through a (usually rubber) bung at the bottom of one end, and a hard spile or other implement is used to open a hole in the side of the cask, which...
- hole is bored into the trunk of the tree to allow the sap to flow out of a spile that is tapped in the hole. The taps are left in place for the season, and...
- elderflowers. Hollowed elderberry twigs have traditionally been used as spiles to tap maple trees for syrup. Additionally, they have been hollowed out...