gauntry

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gaun⋅try

[gawn-tree]

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–noun, plural -tries.

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gan⋅try

[gan-tree]

–noun, plural -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.

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Origin:
1325–75; ME gauntre < dial. OF gantier wooden stand, frame, var. of chantier < ML cantārius < L canthērius < Gk kanth

lios packass

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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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