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.

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

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