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tri noun, plural gan·tries.
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.
Also, gauntry.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English gauntre < dialectal Old French gantier wooden stand, frame, variant of chantier < Medieval Latin cantārius < Latin canthērius < Greek kanthḗlios packass
1325–75; Middle English gauntre < dialectal Old French gantier wooden stand, frame, variant of chantier < Medieval Latin cantārius < Latin canthērius < Greek kanthḗlios packass
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gantry or gauntry (ˈɡæntrɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -tries | |
| 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 |
| 4. | a. the area behind a bar where bottles, esp spirit bottles mounted in optics, are kept for use or display |
| b. the range or quality of the spirits on view: this pub's got a good gantry | |
| [C16 (in the sense: wooden platform for barrels): from Old French chantier, from Medieval Latin cantārius, changed from Latin canthērius supporting frame, pack ass; related to Greek kanthēlios pack ass] | |
| gauntry or gauntry | |
| —n | |
| [C16 (in the sense: wooden platform for barrels): from Old French chantier, from Medieval Latin cantārius, changed from Latin canthērius supporting frame, pack ass; related to Greek kanthēlios pack ass] | |
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Word Origin & History
gantry
1574, originally, "four-footed stand for a barrel," probably from O.N.Fr. gantier, from O.Fr. chantier, from L. cantherius "rafter, frame," from Gk. kanthelios "pack ass," so called from the framework placed on its back, from kanthelion "rafter," of unknown origin.
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Example sentences
The roll isn't always exactly the same, but the launch pad and gantry are fixed in one spot.
Gantry cranes then unload the containers onto trucks.
In fact, the therapy system has many safeguards and the gantry movement was not a dangerous problem.
The steel top beam of the gantry crane is supported by two hydraulic gantry towers on either side of the transporter.
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