gridiron
1 synonym for gridiron, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A metal frame on which people were tied down and burned as a form of torture.
Etymology
Descended from Middle English gridirne, gredirne, gredyron, gredeyron, grydern, grydyryne, girdirin, girderen, variant forms of Middle English gredire, gredyre, which was itself an alteration of Middle English gridel ("griddle"). The ending came to be treated as iron, as though the word were built from grid and iron, a...
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