grates

Noun

grate (plural grates)

1. A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
   • The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
2. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
   • With the exception of two handsome ornaments in front, it has the same appearance as any other parlor grate, yet by a simple scientific evaporating apparatus, from thirty to sixty gallons of water, if required, can be evaporated during the day.1847, editorial staff, “Evaporation Grate”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68
3. (historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
   • Lances (only shown at Stoke D'Abernon) were commonly made of ash, about 13 feet long. A ring of metal (grate or grapper) was fastened to the shaft and during a fight[…]1969, Herbert Walter Macklin, Monumental Brasses

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