gantry
Americannoun
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gantries
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a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
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any of various spanning frameworks, as a bridgelike portion of certain cranes.
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Rocketry. a frame consisting of scaffolds on various levels used to erect vertically launched rockets and spacecraft.
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a framelike stand for supporting a barrel or cask.
noun
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a bridgelike framework used to support a travelling crane, signals over a railway track, etc
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Also called: gantry scaffold. the framework tower used to attend to a large rocket on its launching pad
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a supporting framework for a barrel or cask
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the area behind a bar where bottles, esp spirit bottles mounted in optics, are kept for use or display
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the range or quality of the spirits on view
this pub's got a good gantry
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Etymology
Origin of gantry
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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Among the items destined for the scrap heap is the gantry, which once sheltered Soyuz rockets from the tropical weather.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Long Beach Fire Chief Dennis Buchanan said fire units responded at 9:06 a.m. and found that several containers were also leaning against a gantry crane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
The ground's TV gantry is notorious for the precarious journey across its roof to access it.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2025
An FIA spokesman added that, while the red flag was not showing on the boards at the start-finish line, the orange 'abort lap' lights were on the start-line gantry.
From BBC ● May 18, 2025
On February 5, 1958, the hapless Vanguard team tried again for orbit and failed, although this time their rocket managed to at least clear the gantry before it blew up.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
This meant that no warnings could be put on the 14 gantries and lollipop signs along that stretch of the motorway.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Gaie Delap, who was previously jailed for 20 months for her role in protests on the M25 during which they climbed onto gantries over the motorway, had her sentence reduced to 18 months.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
Over the last four days, its activists have climbed gantries above the highway, forcing it to close in several places.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Just Stop Oil activists said about 15 of its supporters were on gantries at "multiple locations".
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2022
Ladders, gantries, beams, and walkways crossed the gloom above, with small figures moving about them purposefully.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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