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grid⋅i⋅ron

  [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.
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)
5. to mark off into squares or design with a network of squares.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME gridirne, gridir(e), gridere, var. of gridel griddle; variants in -irne, -ire, etc. are associated by folk etymology with ModE var. irne, ire iron
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grid·i·ron   (grĭd'ī'ərn)   
n.  

  1. Football

    1. The field of play.

    2. The game itself.

    3. A flat framework of parallel metal bars used for broiling meat or fish.

    4. An object resembling such a framework.

  2. A metal structure high above the stage of a theater, from which ropes or cables are strung to scenery and lights.

    1. A flat framework of parallel metal bars used for broiling meat or fish.

    2. An object resembling such a framework.


[Middle English gridirne, alteration (influenced by iren, irne, iron) of gridere, alteration of gridel; see griddle.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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gridiron 
c.1330, griderne, alteration (by association with iron) of gridire (c.1290), a variant of gridil (see griddle). Confusion of "l" and "r" was common in Norman dialect.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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