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gantry

UK/ˈɡæntɹi/ US/ˈɡæntri/ uncommon

noun

1.

a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.

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Origin

From earlier gauntree, possibly from dialectal gaun (“gallon”) + tree, perhaps as a reinterpretation of Middle English *gaunter, from Old Northern French gantier, from Late Latin cantarium, from Latin canterius (“trellis, sort of frame”).

Phrases

  • gantry crane
  • gantry scaffold
  • signal gantry

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