Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913 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. ‹ Grist Gristly ›