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gantry
[ gan-tree ]
noun
- a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- any of various spanning frameworks, as a bridgelike portion of certain cranes.
- Rocketry. a frame consisting of scaffolds on various levels used to erect vertically launched rockets and spacecraft.
- a framelike stand for supporting a barrel or cask.
gantry
/ ˈɡæ²Ô³Ù°ùɪ /
noun
- a bridgelike framework used to support a travelling crane, signals over a railway track, etc
- Also calledgantry scaffold the framework tower used to attend to a large rocket on its launching pad
- a supporting framework for a barrel or cask
- 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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gantry1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gantry1
Example Sentences
The auditorium is being redeveloped, reinstating the back wall, new control room, upgraded lighting system in the gantry, and a new ventilation system.
The protests saw about 45 protesters climb onto gantries over the motorway for four successive days, at times bringing the motorway to a standstill.
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.
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.
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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