/ˈleɪ.dəl/
OriginFrom Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), same source as Lithuanian kloti (“to spread”), equivalent to lade + -le (“agent suffix”).
- A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.
“When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen afterwards take off with ladles.”
- A container used in a foundry or steel mill to transport and pour out molten metal.
- The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board.
- An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
“The great guns ranged along the deck — each bound fast by its new breechings — with their linstocks and sponges and ladles and rammers, made no idle show of warlike strength.”
- A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
- transitiveTo pour or serve something with a ladle.
“One worker ladled molten steel into the shot sleeve.”
“The host ladled the soup into her guests' bowls.”
Formsladles(plural) · ladles(present, singular, third-person) · ladling(participle, present) · ladled(participle, past) · ladled(past)