gril.
grill (cooking implement made of metal rods)
Meaning & usage
grill (cooking implement made of metal rods)
A heated metal grill used to torture by burning
Torture, torment
retourner sur le gril d'école
passer sur le gril
Where this word comes from
At least 1300s, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“grating”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”). Doublet of grille.
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