grundel

From Middle English grundel, grundyl, perhaps from Old English gryndle (“herring”). Compare also Middle Dutch grondele, grondel, Middle Low German grundele, grundel (“groundling”). See groundling.

grundel (plural grundels)

1. (UK, dialect, archaic) A kind of fish, the groundling.
2. (US, slang) The perineum; the area between the anus and genitals.

• “grundel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• grundle