Definition
| • | A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping. |
| • | A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold. |
| • | The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board. |
| • | An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon. |
| • | A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot. |
| • | To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle. |