spile
- n a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- n a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
- Last winter, during a gale that only two other dinghy skippers would risk their boats in, she hit a mooring spile, had to be rescued.
- The argyments continue up to ee-lection night, when Benjamin Harrison beats out Grover (hope that don't spile the suspense none).