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gantry

[gan-tree]

noun

plural

gantries 
  1. a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.

  2. any of various spanning frameworks, as a bridgelike portion of certain cranes.

  3. Rocketry.a frame consisting of scaffolds on various levels used to erect vertically launched rockets and spacecraft.

  4. a framelike stand for supporting a barrel or cask.



gantry

/ ˈɡæԳٰɪ /

noun

  1. a bridgelike framework used to support a travelling crane, signals over a railway track, etc

  2. Also called: gantry scaffold.the framework tower used to attend to a large rocket on its launching pad

  3. a supporting framework for a barrel or cask

    1. the area behind a bar where bottles, esp spirit bottles mounted in optics, are kept for use or display

    2. the range or quality of the spirits on view

      this pub's got a good gantry

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gantry1

1325–75; Middle English gauntre < dialectal Old French gantier wooden stand, frame, variant of chantier < Medieval Latin Գܲ < Latin Գٳŧܲ < Greek 첹ԳٳDz packass
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gantry1

C16 (in the sense: wooden platform for barrels): from Old French chantier, from Medieval Latin Գܲ, changed from Latin Գٳŧܲ supporting frame, pack ass; related to Greek 첹ԳٳŧDz pack ass
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The ground's TV gantry is notorious for the precarious journey across its roof to access it.

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"Apologies to the listeners. You can understand the emotion. Back to you in the gantry."

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In partnership with architects like Benjamin Albertson and Rad Studio, the robotic gantry system can produce more free-form designs than traditional construction, with tight curves, circles and other elements.

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The group has drawn attention, criticism and jail terms for protests ranging from throwing soup on Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers and spray-painting Charles Darwin's grave, to climbing on M25 gantries.

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The auditorium is being redeveloped, reinstating the back wall, new control room, upgraded lighting system in the gantry, and a new ventilation system.

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