—n.
1 = GIRDLE(2).
2 a miner's wire-bottomed sieve.
—v.tr.
1 cook with a griddle; grill.
2 sieve with a griddle.
Etymology: ME f. OF gredil, gridil gridiron ult. f. L craticula dimin. of cratis hurdle; cf. GRATE(2), GRILL(1)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.