SPILING

Verb

spiling

present participle of spile

Noun

spiling (plural spilings)

A spile; a post or girder.

(nautical) The edge-curve of a plank or of a strake in a vessel's hull.

Anagrams

• Gilpins, lisping, pilings

Source: Wiktionary

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SPILE

Spile, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. spile, dial. G. speil, speiler, D. spijl. *170.]

1. A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.

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

3. 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.

Spile, v. t.

Definition: To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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