[f. BROIL v.1 + -ER1.]
1. One who or that which broils; spec. one who cooks by broiling; also said of a very hot day (cf. roaster, scorcher).
1671. J. Webster, Metallogr., ii. 31. He was a great Broyler in Gebers Kitchin.
1750. [R. Pultock], Life P. Wilkins, xxxiv. (1883), 94/2. When the broilers began to throw the fish about.
1817–8. Cobbett, Resid. U.S. (1822), 12. [July] 27. Fine broiler again…. We spent a pleasant day; drank … of milk and water.—Not more flies than in England.
2. spec. A chicken for broiling.
1886. Pall Mall Gaz., 27 Aug., 14/1. Of these [chicks] about seventy-five per cent. live and grow to be broilers.
