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gantry

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HYPHEN

gan=try

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun gantry has 1 sense

gantry(n = noun.artifact) gauntry - 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.; Array

is a kind of framework

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CIDE DICTIONARY

gantry, n.

See Gauntree. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

gantry, n. (pl. -ies)
1 an overhead structure with a platform supporting a travelling crane, or railway or road signals.
2 a structure supporting a space rocket prior to launching.
3 (also gauntry) a wooden stand for barrels.

Etymology

prob. f. gawn, dial. form of GALLON + TREE

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