What does "spile" mean?

Spile: A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile. Spile hole, a small air hole in a cask; a vent.
  2. 3.To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.

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