gridiron

/griddirn/

  • noun 1 a frame of parallel metal bars used for grilling meat or fish over an open fire. 2 a grid pattern, especially of streets. 3 a field for American football, marked with regularly spaced parallel lines. 4 N. Amer. the game of American football.

  — ORIGIN alteration of obsolete gredile griddle, by association with iron.

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