crosscut vs gridiron

crosscut

verb
  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

gridiron

verb
  • To mark or cover with lines; to crisscross. 

  • To purchase land so that the remaining adjacent sections are smaller than the minimum area purchasable as freehold, thus excluding potential freeholders. 

noun
  • An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs. 

  • American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of football. 

  • A raised framework from which lighting is suspended. 

  • The field on which American football is played. 

  • An iron rack or grate used for broiling meat and fish over coals. 

  • An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire. 

  • Any object resembling the rack or grate. 

How often have the words crosscut and gridiron occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )