gristmill

[grist-mil]

noun

1. a mill for grinding grain, especially the customer's own grain.

gristmill

/ ˈɡrɪstˌmɪl /

noun

1. a mill, esp one equipped with large grinding stones for grinding grain

Other Word Forms

• gristmiller noun
• gristmilling noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gristmill¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; grist + mill ¹

Example Sentences

Their plan was to build a gristmill to grind wheat into flour, giving the tobacco industry a run for its money.

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Last year, Gillin and his wife helped revive the gristmill at Pioneer Village.

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George Washington owned property along the river for a gristmill, and James Madison spent a night in what is now Riverbend Park after fleeing a burning Washington in 1814.

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In the early 1970s, she helped turn a 19th-century gristmill into the Brandywine River Museum, providing a public home for hundreds of pieces by three generations of the family.

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And the cornmeal, grits and pancake flour were ground in the estate’s reconstructed gristmill.

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