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grillage
[ gril-ij ]
noun
- a framework of crossing beams used for spreading heavy loads over large areas.
grillage
/ ˈɡrɪlɪdʒ /
noun
- an arrangement of beams and crossbeams used as a foundation on soft ground
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grillage1
C18: from French, from griller to furnish with a grille
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Example Sentences
All timber grillage and the tops of all piles should be kept below the lowest water level, and be capped with concrete or stone.
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But if the iron grillage had ever been furnished, it had disappeared before the recollection of the oldest clodhopper.
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The grillage is filled solidly with concrete and flushed smooth on top to receive the brickwork of the chimney.
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Each arch ring was reinforced by a grillage of longitudinal and transverse rods.
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