gridwork

English

Etymology

From grid +‎ work.

Noun

gridwork (countable and uncountable, plural gridworks)

1. Work in the form of a grid.
   • 2009 September 13, Jonathan Lethem, “Poet of Desolate Landscapes”, in The New York Times Book Review‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 February 2026:

     To the south, as Halliday followed the winding course of the river, the darkness gave way to the deep indigo tracts of the irrigation project, the lines of canals forming an exquisite bonelike gridwork.