[ 'spɪgət ]
■ noun
1》 a small peg or plug, especially for insertion into the vent of a cask.
2》 US a tap.
↘a device for controlling the flow of liquid in a tap.
3》 the plain end of a section of a pipe fitting into the socket of the next one.
Origin
ME: perh. an alt. of Provençal espigou(n) , from L. spiculum , dimin. of spicum , var. of spica (see spica ).