simple past tense and past participle of spile

(US, dialect, transitive, intransitive) spoil.

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

(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.

A pile; a post or girder.

(transitive) To support by means of spiles. / (transitive) To drive piles into.

plural of spile

A spile; a post or girder. / (nautical) The edge-curve of a plank or of a strake in a vessel's hull.

present participle of spile

(archaic) The dimensions of the twist or curvature of a plank, measured from the edge of a batten or rule-staff.