Gridiron
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Gridiron may refer to:
Gridiron in sport may refer to:
- Gridiron Secret SocietyGridiron Secret SocietyThe Gridiron Secret Society is a secret society based at the University of Georgia, in Athens, Georgia. However, there is much speculation about its international reach...
, a secret society at the University of Georgia. - Gridiron (cooking)Gridiron (cooking)A gridiron is a metal grate with parallel bars typically used for grilling meat, fish, vegetables, or combinations of such foods. It may also be two such grids, hinged to fold together, to securely hold food while grilling over an open flame.-Development:...
, type of grill that can be used to cook meat or other food over a fire; most of the other usages derive from this term due to their fancied resemblance - Gridiron plan, in urban planning, a system that describes an ordered arrangement of streets in a regular grid pattern, intersecting at right angles
- In theatres, a metal framework suspended above the stage from which lights and other items are hung
- Gridiron pendulumGridiron pendulumThe gridiron pendulum was an improved clock pendulum invented by British clockmaker John Harrison around 1726. It didn't change its effective length with temperature, so its period of swing stayed constant with changes in ambient temperature...
, a part of a pendulum clock as designed by John Harrison - Gridiron (novel), a science fiction novel about a semi-intelligent building infected by a virus
- Gridiron ClubGridiron ClubThe Gridiron Club and Foundation, founded in 1885, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious journalistic organizations in Washington, D.C. Its 65 active members represent major newspapers, news services, news magazines and broadcast networks. Membership is by invitation only and has...
, a journalistic organization in Washington, DC, USA - The Gridiron Club (Oxford University)The Gridiron Club (Oxford University)The Gridiron Club, popularly referred to as the The Grid, is a club, only open to male students at the University of Oxford. In the past, most of its membership attended certain private schools, and whilst this is no longer a criterion for membership it is still largely true.It was founded in 1884...
, an undergraduate club founded in 1884 - Gridiron GangGridiron GangGridiron Gang is a 2006 American film starring Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit, L. Scott Caldwell, and Kevin Dunn. It was filmed in California at Camp Kilpatrick, a Los Angeles County Probation Department facility. It is loosely based on the true story of the Kilpatrick Mustangs during the 1990 season...
, a 2006 film - GridIron MasterGridIron MasterGridIron Master is a wooden board game invented by Brett Proud, Craig Proud, Paul Morin and Jordan Sampson. It was first published by Canadian company PHI Sports Games in 2007. It combines the strategic elements of American and Canadian Football with chess. The Canadian Edition of GridIron...
, a board game - Gridiron (card game)Gridiron (card game)Gridiron: Fantasy Football was a football-themed collectible card game first published in 1995 by Upper Deck.- Game Overview :Gridiron simulates a football game that takes place in a dystopian "near-future", and features a violent and over-the-top backstory comparing the new style of the game to...
, a football themed collectible card gameCollectible card gamethumb|Players and their decksA collectible card game , also called a trading card game or customizable card game, is a game played using specially designed sets of playing cards... - Captain Grid-Iron, a G.I. Joe character
- In Marine salvageMarine salvageMarine salvage is the process of rescuing a ship, its cargo, or other property from peril. Salvage encompasses rescue towing, refloating a sunken or grounded vessel, or patching or repairing a ship...
, a ship, especially a wooden ship, at the end of its life is allowed to settle onto a gridiron to keep the hull clear of the sea bed and allow complete salvage of the hull - Riding the Gridiron, a phrase for travelling on an East Indiaman, referring to the flag of the East India CompanyEast India CompanyThe East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
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Gridiron in sport may refer to:
- Gridiron, a term for the field marked with yard-lines on which AmericanAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
and CanadianCanadian footballCanadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
codes of football are played - Gridiron footballGridiron footballGridiron football , sometimes known as North American football, is an umbrella term for related codes of football primarily played in the United States and Canada. The predominant forms of gridiron football are American football and Canadian football...
, umbrella term used to refer to the several codes of football which use a gridiron field - Gridiron EnterprisesGridiron EnterprisesGridiron Enterprises is a sports consulting company based in Chicago, Illinois. Although they offer services to the public, their primary focus and notability is in being the patent holder of the system of play for Arena Football until the patent expired on March 27, 2007, as well as being an...
, a sports consulting company noted for owning the patent for Arena Football - Hash marksHash marksHash marks are short lines, running perpendicular to sidelines or sideboards, used to mark locations, primarily in sports.-Usage in ice hockey:...
, in ice hockey and gridiron football