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gridiron

[ grid-ahy-ern ]

noun

  1. a football field.
  2. a utensil consisting of parallel metal bars on which to broil meat or other food.
  3. any framework or network resembling a gridiron.
  4. 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.

gridiron

/ ˈɡɪˌɪə /

noun

  1. a utensil of parallel metal bars, used to grill meat, fish, etc
  2. any framework resembling this utensil
  3. a framework above the stage in a theatre from which suspended scenery, lights, etc, are manipulated
    1. the field of play in American football
    2. an informal name for American football
    3. ( as modifier )

      a gridiron hero

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gridiron1

1250–1300; Middle English gridirne, gridir ( e ), gridere, variant of gridel griddle; variants in -irne, -ire, etc. are associated by folk etymology with ModE variant irne, ire iron
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gridiron1

C13 gredire, perhaps variant (through influence of ire iron ) of gredile griddle
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But what tempted Watt to sink some of the fortune he made from a stellar gridiron career into Burnley?

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Travis Kelce will be hoping to win his fourth Super Bowl ring and he may retire if he does – certain in the knowledge he will go down as one of the great gridiron players.

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On any given Sunday, a growing crowd of UK gridiron fans are glued to their TVs watching the superstars of American football go toe to toe on the long road to the Super Bowl.

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They all play multiple sports, building connections all year long beyond the gridiron.

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Coach Adrian Beltran raised the trophy proudly before handing it over to his players to celebrate the historic accomplishment — the Pythons’ lone gridiron crown since the school opened in 2006.

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