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Grille (architecture)

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For the related automobile use, see Grille (car).
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.

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]

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  1. ^ "Grille, Grill, n." def. 1.a. Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) © Oxford University Press 2009
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