Gridiron

Quick meaning: Gridiron is a noun meaning An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.

Meaning

An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.

More Meanings

1. An iron rack or grate used for broiling meat and fish over coals.
2. Any object resembling the rack or grate.
3. (nautical) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
4. (theater) A raised framework from which lighting is suspended.
5. (American football) The field on which American football is played.
6. (uncountable, Australia and New Zealand) American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of football.
7. To mark or cover with lines; to crisscross.

Example Sentences

So Jackie′s name became known far and wide as an exceptional gridiron player.

Another logical method is that of gridironing the field by a series of straight paths that are parallel to each other.

This basin of Szechuan (literally "Four Streams," but which, reading the character idiographically, I should be inclined to render as "Gridironed by Streams"), […]

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!

Word Forms

• gridirons
• gridironing
• gridironed

Synonyms for gridiron

Depending on context, synonyms include football, grid.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grid, gibbet, searing-iron, parrilla, garrotte, crucifixion.

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