Gristle

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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