·vt An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
II. Ladle ·vt The float of a mill wheel;
— called also ladle board.
III. Ladle ·vt A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.
IV. Ladle ·vt A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
V. Ladle ·vt A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.
VI. Ladle ·vt 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.