spigot

Meanings

Noun

• A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
• The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.
• A faucet.

Verb

• To block with a spigot.
• To insert (a spigot).

Origin

• From Middle English spigot ("wooden stopper"). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and one or more dialects of Middle French.