n.
- a circular iron plate that is heated and used for cooking food.
- historical a miner's wire-bottomed sieve.
v.
- cook on a griddle.
- historical screen (ore) with a griddle.
Etymology
ME (denoting a gridiron): from OFr. gredil, from L. craticula, dimin. of cratis ‘hurdle’; rel. to crate, grate2, and grill1.
