grid·i·ron 
(grĭdī′ərn)
(grĭdī′ərn)n.
1. Football
a. The field of play.
b. The game itself.
2. A metal structure high above the stage of a theater, from which ropes or cables are strung to scenery and lights.
3.
a. A flat framework of parallel metal bars used for broiling meat or fish.
b. An object resembling such a framework.
[Middle English gridirne, lattice, grill, alteration (influenced by iren, irne, iron) of gridere, alteration of gridel; see GRIDDLE.]