gridiron

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.
2. isim An iron rack or grate used for broiling meat and fish over coals.
3. isim Any object resembling the rack or grate.
4. isim An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
5. isim A raised framework from which lighting is suspended.
6. isim The field on which American football is played.

   “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!”

7. isim American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of football.

   “1995 October 3, Peter O′Shea, Sports: Out on the field, The Advocate, page 54, He represented Australia in this year′s rugby tour of England and is as well-known in Australia as any top gridiron player is in the United States.”

8. fiil To mark or cover with lines; to crisscross.

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

9. fiil To purchase land so that the remaining adjacent sections are smaller than the minimum area purchasable as freehold, thus excluding potential freeholders.