grillage

• The grillage is filled solidly with concrete and flushed smooth on top to receive the brickwork of the chimney Each chimney is 162 feet in total height of brickwork above the top of the supporting platform, and each chimney is 23 feet square in the outside dimension at the base, changing to an octagonal form at a point 14 feet 3 inches above the base. —  The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment
• The grillage or platform covering the piles consists of 14 courses of white oak timber, 12 inches by 12 inches, having a few pine timbers interspersed so as to allow the mass to float during construction. —  Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887
• It lay behind ramparts of coal, of grillage timbers and piling, of shedded cement barrels, and tons of steel. —  The Iron Trail
• Each arch ring was reinforced by a grillage of longitudinal and transverse rods. —  Concrete Construction Methods and Costs
• De loin en loin, un peu de lune entrait par le grillage d’une fenêtre haute et m’aidait à m’orienter. —  Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant

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