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gridironing

gridironing is the present participle and gerund of gridiron.

Meaning of gridiron

Verb

gridiron (third-person singular simple present gridirons, present participle gridironing, simple past and past participle gridironed)

  1. 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"), […]1901, Archibald John Little, Mount Omi and Beyond: A Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border, Cambridge University Press, published 2010, Conclusion, p. 242
  2. (New Zealand, historical) To purchase land so that the remaining adjacent sections are smaller than the minimum area purchasable as freehold, thus excluding potential freeholders.

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Questions about gridironing

What is gridironing the present participle and gerund of?
Gridironing is the present participle and gerund of gridiron.

Words near gridironing in the dictionary

  1. gridiron football players
  2. gridiron plan
  3. gridironed
  4. gridironer
  5. gridironers
  6. gridironing
  7. gridirons
  8. gridle
  9. gridled
  10. gridler
  11. gridlers

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