gridiron

[ grid-ahy-ern ]
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noun
  1. a football field.

  2. a utensil consisting of parallel metal bars on which to broil meat or other food.

  1. any framework or network resembling a gridiron.

  2. a structure above the stage of a theater, from which hung scenery and the like are manipulated.

verb (used with object)
  1. to mark off into squares or design with a network of squares.

Origin of gridiron

1
1250–1300; Middle English gridirne, gridir(e), gridere, variant of gridelgriddle; variants in -irne, -ire, etc. are associated by folk etymology with ModE variant irne, ireiron

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British Dictionary definitions for gridiron

gridiron

/ (ˈɡrɪdˌaɪən) /


noun
  1. a utensil of parallel metal bars, used to grill meat, fish, etc

  2. any framework resembling this utensil

  1. a framework above the stage in a theatre from which suspended scenery, lights, etc, are manipulated

    • the field of play in American football

    • an informal name for American football

    • (as modifier): a gridiron hero

Origin of gridiron

1
C13 gredire, perhaps variant (through influence of ire iron) of gredile griddle
  • Often shortened to: grid

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