gridiron
An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fireAn instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.
» Why do gridiron football players wear pads?
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значень: 7An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.
An iron rack or grate used for broiling meat and fish over coals.
Rost
a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
(злічуване, незлічуване)Any object resembling the rack or grate.
(злічуване, незлічуване)An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
(злічуване, незлічуване)A raised framework from which lighting is suspended.
(злічуване, незлічуване)The field on which American football is played.
the playing field on which football is played
(Австралія, Нова Зеландія, незлічуване)American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of football.
2009, Deborah Healey, Sport and the Law, reference note, UNSW Press, page 271, 119 Yasser (1985) cites the famous US example of gridiron player Dick Butkus of the Chicago Bears.
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речень: 2Why do gridiron football players wear pads?
In Yiddish, soccer is called "fusbol" while gridiron football is called "futbol."
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From Middle English gridirne, gredirne, gredyron, gredeyron, grydern, grydyryne, girdirin,From Middle English gridirne, gredirne, gredyron, gredeyron, grydern, grydyryne, girdirin, girderen, variants of Middle English gredire, gredyre, itself an alteration of Middle English gridel (“griddle”). The ending was assimilated to iron, as if from grid + iron, whence grid was later derived.
From resembling the shape of a gridiron (a square rectilinear grid).
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множина: gridironsСиноніми
синонімів: 6- the playing field on which football is played:football field
- a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat:grid