grit
verb [T] /ɡrɪt/ (-tt-)Definition
› to put small stones on a road or path that is covered in ice, in order to make it safer: Council lorries had been out gritting the icy roads the night before.Covering and adding layers
(Definition of grit verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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