An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion etc.
A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
A pile; a post or girder.
A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
To support by means of spiles.
spoil.
To plug (a hole) with a spile.
To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
To drive piles into.