Definition of broilers:
(n) :
A chicken raised for meat.
(n) :
Specifically, a young chicken 6 to 10 weeks old, as contrasted with a roaster.
(n) :
(cooking, Canada, US) A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; known as a grill in British English.
(n) :
A person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.
(n) :
(archaic) One who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels, or broils.