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gantry

[ gan-tree ]

noun

plural gantries.
  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.


gantry

/ ˈɡæ²Ô³Ù°ùɪ /

noun

  1. a bridgelike framework used to support a travelling crane, signals over a railway track, etc
  2. Also calledgantry scaffold the framework tower used to attend to a large rocket on its launching pad
  3. a supporting framework for a barrel or cask
    1. the area behind a bar where bottles, esp spirit bottles mounted in optics, are kept for use or display
    2. the range or quality of the spirits on view

      this pub's got a good gantry

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gantry1

1325–75; Middle English gauntre < dialectal Old French gantier wooden stand, frame, variant of chantier < Medieval Latin ³¦²¹²Ô³ÙÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ < Latin ³¦²¹²Ô³Ù³óŧ°ù¾±³Ü²õ < Greek °ì²¹²Ô³Ù³óá¸Ìõ¾±´Ç²õ packass
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gantry1

C16 (in the sense: wooden platform for barrels): from Old French chantier, from Medieval Latin ³¦²¹²Ô³ÙÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ, changed from Latin ³¦²¹²Ô³Ù³óŧ°ù¾±³Ü²õ supporting frame, pack ass; related to Greek °ì²¹²Ô³Ù³óŧ±ô¾±´Ç²õ pack ass
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The auditorium is being redeveloped, reinstating the back wall, new control room, upgraded lighting system in the gantry, and a new ventilation system.

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The protests saw about 45 protesters climb onto gantries over the motorway for four successive days, at times bringing the motorway to a standstill.

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For four days, Hallam and more than three dozen other activists climbed a gantry and thereby blocked traffic in London’s critically important M25 motorway.

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They are known as gantry cranes - meaning they straddle and overlook their workspace - and are of Krupp Ardelt design, modified to meet Harland and Wolff's special requirements.

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The Just Stop Oil campaigners climbed gantries on the motorway in November 2022, forcing police to stop the traffic, in an attempt to cause gridlock across southern England.

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