grillade

[ gri-lahd, -yahd; French gree-yad ]

noun

, plural gril·lades [gri-, lahdz, g, r, ee-, yad].

1. a dish or serving of broiled or grilled meat.
2. the act of grilling.

verb (used with object)

, gril·lad·ed [gri-, lah, -did, -, yah, -], gril·lad·ing.

1. Obsolete. to grill or broil (meat).

Word History and Origins

Origin of grillade¹

1650–60; < French: something grilled, equivalent to Old French grille grill ¹ + -ade -ade ¹

Example Sentences

Biggest laugh or cry: After a grillade, or cookout, at Paolo’s chalet high up in the mountain village of My, we drove even farther up the mountain, then hiked higher still to Finette’s pasture.

From Washington Post

La Grillade is French barbecue, in style a bit quicker and less Rabelaisian than its American low and slow cousin, demanding smaller portions, white tablecloths and people who eat with knives and forks.

From BusinessWeek

And away shuffled the Doctor to admonish Monsieur Grillade on the iniquity of neglecting this the noblest attribute of man.

From Project Gutenberg

She had nothing to do with the ménage—possessed no influence over Lord Courtland, nor authority over Monsieur Grillade.

From Project Gutenberg

This is the second day within a week Monsieur Grillade has thought fit to treat us with them; and it's a fortnight yesterday since I have seen either oyster or turtle soup upon the table.

From Project Gutenberg