gristmill

• Moulin à grains, en particulier pour moudre le grain apporté par les clients pour leur propre usage.

A noun referring to a mill used for grinding grain, particularly grain brought by customers for their own use.

1. Grain grinding facilityC1formal

   A mill where grain, especially a customer's own grain, is ground into flour or meal.

   Minoterie

   • The farmer took his wheat to the local gristmill to be ground into flour.
   • The old gristmill by the river has been restored as a historical site.
   • Before modern factories, every village had its own gristmill.