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grillage

grillage noun: a foundation of crisscrossing timber or steel beams, usually for spreading heavy loads over large areas.

Noun

grillage (plural grillages)

  1. A foundation of crisscrossing timber or steel beams, usually for spreading heavy loads over large areas.
    • Workers laid foundations of immense timbers in crisscrossed layers following Root's 'grillage' principle.2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City, Vintage Books, page 144

Forms of grillage

pluralgrillages

Origin of grillage

Originated 1770–80 from French grillage.

Questions about grillage

What does grillage mean?
Grillage means a foundation of crisscrossing timber or steel beams, usually for spreading heavy loads over large areas.
What part of speech is grillage?
Grillage is a noun.
What is the plural of grillage?
The plural of grillage is grillages.

Words near grillage in the dictionary

  1. grill rooms
  2. grill up
  3. grillable
  4. grillade
  5. grillades
  6. grillage
  7. grillages
  8. grillbillies
  9. grillbilly
  10. grille
  11. grille guard

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