Grille

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the self-propelled artillery, see Grille (artillery). For the cooking equipment, see grill (cooking). For the powered vehicle elements, see Grille (motor vehicle). For other uses, see grill (disambiguation).

A grille or grill (French word from Latin craticula, small grill) is an opening of several slits side by side in a wall or metal sheet or other barrier, usually to let air or water enter and/or leave but keep larger objects including people and animals in or out.

Spelling

In the United States, "grille" is used to avoid confusion with the cooking device, called a "grill".

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.