grillwork
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grillwork
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The largest structure, a six-story building with dozens of broken windows, is sealed shut with rusting metal grillwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
And the grillwork, he explained, had simply disappeared.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 3, 2018
The filigree of the facade panels was inspired by African-American grillwork in South Carolina and Louisiana, which had West-African roots.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2016
They were ringers for the real-life models who stalked the Hood by Air men’s runway in January, right down to their elaborate tattoos and the uncanny grillwork distorting their grins.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2016
At one end was the door and at the other a window covered with iron grillwork.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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