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.