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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
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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