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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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. [syn: gantry, gauntry]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural gantries) Etymology: Middle English ganter, gauntree, from Anglo-French *ganter, from Old French dialect (Artois) gantier, from Latin cantherius horse of poor quality, rafter, trellis Date: 15th century 1. a frame for supporting barrels 2. a frame structure raised on side supports so as to span over or around something: as a. a platform made to carry a traveling crane and supported by towers or side frames running on parallel tracks; also a movable structure with platforms at different levels used for erecting and servicing rockets before launching b. a structure spanning several railroad tracks and displaying signals for each

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gantry Gan"try, n. See Gauntree.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(gantries) A gantry is a high metal structure that supports a set of road signs, railway signals, or other equipment. On top of the gantry the American flag flew. ...the lighting gantries. N-COUNT