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gan·try
(găn′trē)n. pl. gan·tries
1. A mount for a crane consisting of a large archlike or bridgelike frame that can be moved, often along a set of tracks.
2. A structure spanning a railway or highway, as to support signs, scanners for the collection of tolls, or signals.
3. A massive vertical frame structure used in assembling or servicing a rocket, especially at a launch site.
4. A support for a barrel lying on its side.
[Middle English ganter, gauntre, wooden stand for barrels, from Old North French gantier, wooden frame, from Latin canthērius, from Greek kanthēlios, pack ass, from kanthēlia, panniers at the side of a pack-saddle.]
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gantry
(ˈɡæntrɪ) orgauntry
n, pl -tries
1. (Mechanical Engineering) a bridgelike framework used to support a travelling crane, signals over a railway track, etc
2. (Mechanical Engineering) Also called: gantry scaffold the framework tower used to attend to a large rocket on its launching pad
3. (Mechanical Engineering) a supporting framework for a barrel or cask
4.
a. the area behind a bar where bottles, esp spirit bottles mounted in optics, are kept for use or display
b. the range or quality of the spirits on view: this pub's got a good 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]
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gan•try
(ˈgæn tri)n., pl. -tries.
1. a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
2. any of various spanning frameworks, as a bridgelike portion of a crane.
3. 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.
[1325–75; Middle English gauntre < dial. Old French gantier wooden stand, variant of chantier < Medieval Latin cantārius < Latin canthērius < Greek kanthḗlios pack ass]
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| Noun | 1. |  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.framework - a structure supporting or containing something |
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Translations
جِسْر، قَنْطَرَه
jeřábový portálsignální most
galgekransignalbroskiltebro
portiquetour de montage
darupálya
gálgakrani
portalassignalinis tiltelistiltinis kranas
portālssignāltiltiņš
pomocná konštrukciaportál žeriava
ceraskalsinyal köprüsü
gantry
[ˈgæntrɪ] N (gen) → caballete m; (for crane, railway signal) → pórtico m; (for rocket) → torre f de lanzamientoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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gantry
n (for crane) → Portal nt; (on motorway) → Schilderbrücke f; (Rail) → Signalbrücke f; (for rocket) → Abschussrampe f
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gantry
(ˈgӕntri) – plural ˈgantries – noun a bridge-like structure which supports a crane, railway signals etc.
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