gantry
Americannoun
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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
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
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
For four days, Hallam and more than three dozen other activists climbed a gantry and thereby blocked traffic in London’s critically important M25 motorway.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2024
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
Hallam was originally jailed for five years for agreeing to disrupt traffic by having protesters climb onto gantries over the M25 for four successive days.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
Roger Hallam and 15 other protesters were jailed last year for their roles in four demonstrations held by JSO, including climbing on gantries over the M25 and throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers painting.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
Earlier this week activists climbed on overhead gantries in multiple locations of the M25, causing the motorway to be closed and leading to multiple arrests.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2022
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
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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