gristle

2 definitions found

gristle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gristle \Gris"tle\, n. [OE. gristel, gristil, AS. gristl; akin
     to OFries. gristel, grestel. Perh. a dim. of grist but cf.
     OHG. krustila, krostela. Cf. Grist.] (Anat.)
     Cartilage. See Cartilage. --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]

gristle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gristle
      n 1: tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
           [syn: cartilage, gristle]