GRIDDLE


Meaning of GRIDDLE in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. GIRDLE(2).

2 a miner's wire-bottomed sieve.

--v.tr.

1. cook with a griddle; grill.

2 sieve with a griddle.

Etymology: ME f. OF gredil, gridil gridiron ult. f. L craticula dimin. of cratis hurdle; cf. GRATE(2), GRILL(1)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.