1548 in J. Stuart (1844) I. 259 Thre meill girnalis, out of my loft, xxx s.
1734 in (1923) 1 65 Imprimis two sufficient meall Girnels.
1980 D. K. Cameron xi. 106 But it was the meal girnal..that was the most crucial piece of furnishing, as it had been for centuries.