How to pronounce “spile”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (obsolete or dialectal, Cumbria, Lancashire) 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.
• [Verb]
• To plug (a hole) with a spile.
• To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
• To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.

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