grillage

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noun

A foundation of crisscrossing timber or steel beams, usually for spreading heavy loads over large areas.

OriginFrench grillage →
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Meanings

noungrillage (plural grillages)

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

Origin

  1. Frenchgrillage
  2. Englishgrillage

Originated 1770–80 from French grillage.

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APA

grillage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grillage

MLA

“grillage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grillage. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grillage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grillage.

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