gridiron
nounEtymology
From Middle English gridirne, gredirne, gredyron, gredeyron, grydern, grydyryne, girdirin, girderen, variants of Middle English gredire, gredyre, itself an alteration of Middle English gridel (“griddle”). The ending was assimilated to iron, as if from grid + iron, whence grid was later derived.
- inherited from gridirne
Definitions
An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.
An iron rack or grate used for broiling meat and fish over coals.
Any object resembling the rack or grate.
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An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
A raised framework from which lighting is suspended.
The field on which American football is played.
- They were quite close to him now, and crouching low, like tacklers on a gridiron. One of them raised his hand and lowered it, as though counting off seconds—one—two—three!
American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of…
American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of football.
- 1995 October 3, Peter O′Shea, Sports: Out on the field, The Advocate, page 54, He represented Australia in this year′s rugby tour of England and is as well-known in Australia as any top gridiron player is in the United States.
- So Jackie′s name became known far and wide as an exceptional gridiron player.
- 2009, Deborah Healey, Sport and the Law, reference note, UNSW Press, page 271, 119 Yasser (1985) cites the famous US example of gridiron player Dick Butkus of the Chicago Bears.
To mark or cover with lines
To mark or cover with lines; to crisscross.
- This basin of Szechuan (literally "Four Streams," but which, reading the character idiographically, I should be inclined to render as "Gridironed by Streams"), […]
- Another logical method is that of gridironing the field by a series of straight paths that are parallel to each other.
- When Billy saw the culprit's naked back under the scourge gridironed with red welts, and worse […] Billy was horrified.
To purchase land so that the remaining adjacent sections are smaller than the minimum…
To purchase land so that the remaining adjacent sections are smaller than the minimum area purchasable as freehold, thus excluding potential freeholders.
The neighborhood
- synonymNorth American footballCanadian and American
- synonymgridiron footballCanadian and American
- synonymfootballCanadian and American
- synonymAmerican football
- neighboriron
- neighborgrid
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