/grid"uy'euhrn/ , n.
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.
v.t.
5. to mark off into squares or design with a network of squares.
[ 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 ]