grillagen.
/ˈɡrɪlɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈɡrɪlɪdʒ/, /ɡrəˈlɑʒ/ 1. Engineering. A heavy framework of cross-timbering, sometimes resting upon the heads of piles, serving as a foundation for building on watery or treacherous soil.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > framework
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hog frame1875
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steel framework1906
space frame1912
diagrid1943
1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 14 A Grillage of Oak, strong and well pinned.
1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Grillage, a term applied to the sleepers or cross beams supporting a platform, upon which some erections are carried up, as piers in the case of marshes or watery soils, whereby an equal bearing is given to the foundation.
1862 Daily Tel. 6 May By driving piles, on which a double grillage of timbers was laid, a foundation sufficiently firm was obtained.
1868 Proc. Instit. Civil Engineers 27 276 The grillage and foundation distribute this weight.
2. Lace-making. (See quot. 1882.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > pattern > barred or grated space
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1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 230/2 Grillé, Grillage, or Gaze au Fuseau, are terms especially applied to ornaments that have open spaces barred or grated across them.
3. An arrangement resembling a grill.
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1890 Harper's Mag. June 142/1 On the bottom shelf lay a grillage of bar soap.
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