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Architecture. = grid, n. 6d. Usually attributive.
The laying out, planning, or disposition of land, streets, etc.; also, the land so laid out. Also, the plan or disposition of a house, factory…
Architecture. (See quots.) Also grid layout, grid plan, grid system. Cf. gridiron, n. 3d.