n. A wooden framework used for supporting over a fire meat or fish to be smoked or dried.n. An iron frame on which large joints are placed for broiling, or on which whole animals are roasted; a large gridiron.n. The carcass of an ox, hog, or other animal, roasted whole.n. A large social or political entertainment in the open air, at which animals are roasted whole, and feasting on a generous scale is indulged in.n. An open floor or terrace smoothly covered with plaster or asphalt, on which to dry coffee-beans, etc.To cure by smoking or drying on a barbecue (which see).To dress and roast whole, as an ox or a hog, by splitting it to the backbone, and roasting it on a gridiron.