Spike

To stop the vent of a gun or cannon by driving a spike, nail, or the like into it. When a piece is likely to be retaken, a spring-spike is used, having a shoulder to prevent its being too easily extracted. **S** pikebozzle. — A slang term, in aeronautics, meaning to overhaul an aircraft and destroy it. Aeroplanes go up after ZeppeKns in order to spikebozzle them.