How to Use gristmill in a Sentence

gristmill

noun
  • Try some cornbread made from cornmeal straight from the gristmill.
    — Katherine Rodeghier, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Shriver farmed and built a gristmill and tannery on the property.
    — Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024
  • Allen Barstow is a steward at the mill and knowledgeable about all aspects of the gristmill.
    — Kitty Leshay, Courant Community, 20 June 2017
  • That’s why these factories are known as maquiladoras—loosely, gristmills.
    — Lauren Etter, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • This show will take place inside an old gristmill that the couple had purchased a few years back and renovated.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Such ponds collected water at high tide, then channeled it across a water wheel to power gristmills.
    — Courtney Humphries, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • So, yes, the British monarchy is strange and outdated and an endless gristmill for tabloid gossip.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
  • Their plan was to build a gristmill to grind wheat into flour, giving the tobacco industry a run for its money.
    — Janet Barber, Scientific American, 9 Nov. 2021
  • That seemed too impersonal for the little restaurant in a former gristmill.
    — Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Stitt later took a little tour of McEwen’s gristmill operation, and he was sold.
    — Bob Carlton | [email protected], al, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Part of the deal also included that Cahoon must establish a functioning sawmill and gristmill on the land.
    — cleveland, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Whether the subject is a noble lion, long a symbol of Ethiopia, or a humble gristmill, Engida Hawke’s pictures possess a strong sense of place.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • The Mill’’ — was carved out of a gristmill that operated throughout the 19th century, grinding cornmeal for the state’s famous pancakes.
    — Boston.com Real Estate, 26 July 2019
  • The gristmill sources grain from local farmers to create some of the region’s best stone-ground flours, proving the rye flour for Tandem Bakery’s addictive frangipane tarts and quinoa fruit crisps.
    — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appetit, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The humble farming locale included a few amenities such as boardinghouse that opened in 1845 and a gristmill on the Five Mile Creek.
    — Alyssa Fernandez, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Old Sturbridge Village’s tinners, blacksmiths and shoemakers will be at work, the gristmill and sawmill will be running and all dads get in free at on Sunday, June 18.
    — The Hartford Courant, courant.com, 8 June 2017
  • Old Sturbridge Village's tinners, blacksmiths and shoemakers will be at work, the gristmill and sawmill will be running and all dads get in free at on Sunday, June 18.
    — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 15 June 2017
  • In the early 1950s, architect Young transformed a turn-of-the-century gristmill into the Weathervane Restaurant.
    — Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The water wheels of Virginia’s last gristmill still turn in the village of Aldie, while Middleburg, often referred to as America’s horse and hunt country capital, is an equestrian’s paradise.
    — Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
  • George Washington's former residence pays homage to America's foremost founding father with tours of the 21-room mansion, its beautiful gardens, and a fully functioning distillery and gristmill.
    — Whitney Robinson, Town & Country, 20 June 2017
  • There was also a large gristmill at nearby Honey Springs, founded by Aaron Overton, another plantation owner, that had been in operation since 1853.
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas Morning News, 23 Sep. 2020
  • About The Old Mill The Old Mill’s name is both accurate—the restaurant was built in 1993 near a still-functional gristmill dating back to 1830—and not.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
  • In 1680, the town of Andover, Massachusetts, offered free timber and real estate to any citizen who would put up a sawmill, gristmill or fulling mill (for preparing cloth) on the Shawsheen River.
    — Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian, 10 Apr. 2017
  • Regulation of gristmill pricing foreshadowed future government regulation of utilities.
    — Rachel Riederer, The New Republic, 9 May 2018
  • Highlights include demonstrations at the sawmill, gristmill, blacksmiths, Weavers’ Barn, Spinners’ Cottage, Short Track Railroad, farmhouse kitchen and West Coast Clock Museum.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025

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