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Definitions for Gantry

[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.
[5] a bridgelike framework used to support a travelling crane, signals over a railway track, etc
[6] Also called: gantry scaffold the framework tower used to attend to a large rocket on its launching pad
[7] a supporting framework for a barrel or cask
[8] the area behind a bar where bottles, esp spirit bottles mounted in optics, are kept for use or display the range or quality of the spirits on view this pub's got a good gantry

Words related to Gantry

table, support, booth, platform, station, counter, rank, dais, stall, place, board, frame, grandstand, rack, bracket, staging

Words nearby Gantry

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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

Word origin for Gantry

C16 (in the sense: wooden platform for barrels): from Old French chantier, from Medieval Latin cantārius, changed from Latin canthērius supporting frame, pack ass; related to Greek kanthēlios pack ass

Synonyms for Gantry

booth, platform, support, table, board, bracket, counter, dais, frame, grandstand, place, rack, rank, staging, stall, station