Spile

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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