Grille (architecture)

For the related automobile use, see Grille (car). For the German self-propelled gun, see Grille (artillery).
For other uses, see grill (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Reja.


A wooden window grill in Plaza del Conde del Real, Valencia (Spain). The structure was probably used as a stable.
Grille, and control for an air duct

A grille or grill (French word from Latin craticula, small grill) is an opening of several slits side-by-side in a wall, metal sheet or another barrier, usually to allow air or water to enter and/or leave and prevent larger objects (such as animals) from going in or out.[1]

A similar definition is "a French term for an enclosure in either iron or bronze."[2]

  1. ^ "Grille, Grill, n." def. 1.a. Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) © Oxford University Press 2009
  2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Grille" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 596.