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gauntry
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gauntry has 1 sense
- gauntry(n = noun.artifact) gantry - 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
CIDE DICTIONARY
gauntry, n. [F. chantier, LL. cantarium, fr. L. canterius trellis, sort of frame.].
- A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure. Knight. [1913 Webster]
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