noun, masculine/ɡʁil/plural: grils
grill (cooking implement made of metal rods); A heated metal grill used to torture by burning; Torture, torment
“1944, Jean-Paul Sartre, Huis-clos (No Exit), Act 1, sc. 5” — I would never have believed it... you remember: the fire, the brimstone, the torment...
At least 1300s, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“grating”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”). Doublet of grille.