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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GRILLAGE

Gril "lage, n. Etym: [F.] (Hydraulic Eagin.)

 

Defn: A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

grillage

gril lage |ˈgrilij ˈɡrɪlɪʤ | ▶noun a heavy framework of cross-timbering or metal beams forming a foundation for building, esp. on soft, wet, or unstable ground. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French (see grille, -age ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

grillage

grillage |ˈgrɪlɪdʒ | ▶noun a heavy framework of cross-timbering or metal beams forming a foundation for building on difficult ground. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French (see grille, -age ).

 

French Dictionary

grillage

grillage n. m. nom masculin Treillis métallique. : Un grillage retient les poules dans le poulailler. FORME FAUTIVE grillage. Impropriété au sens de moustiquaire.

 

grillager

grillager v. tr. verbe transitif Munir d ’un grillage. : Philippe et Josée ont grillagé le clapier. changer Conjugaison Le g est suivi d ’un e devant les lettres a et o. Il grillagea, nous grillageons.