gantry

gan·try  (gntr)

n. pl. gan·tries

1. A mount for a traveling crane consisting of a large archlike or bridgelike frame designed to move along a set of tracks.

2. A similar spanning frame supporting a group of railway signals over several tracks.

3. Aerospace 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.

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[Middle English ganter, gauntre, wooden stand for barrels, from Old North French gantier, wooden frame, from Latin canthrius, from Greek kanthlios, pack ass, from kanthlia, panniers at the side of a pack-saddle.]

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gantry

Noun

pl -tries a large metal framework used to support something, such as a travelling crane, or to position a rocket on its launch pad [Latin cantherius supporting frame, pack ass]

Thesaurus

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. gauntry framework - a structure supporting or containing something

Translations

gantry [ˈgæntrɪ] n (for crane, railway signal) → pórtico;

(for rocket) → torre f de lanzamiento

gantry [ˈgæntrɪ] n → portique m;

(for rocket) → tour f de lancement

gantry [ˈgæntrɪ] n (for crane) → Portal nt;

(for railway signal) → Signalbrücke f;

(for rocket) → Abschussrampe f

gantry [ˈgæntrɪ] n (for crane, railway signal) → cavalletto;

(for rocket) → torre f di lancio

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gantry

n gantry [ˈgӕntri]

a bridge-like structure which supports a crane, railway signals etc. stellasie جِسْر، قَنْطَرَه рамка jeřábový portál; signální most galgekran; signalbro; skiltebro das Gerüst γέφυρα pórtico (kraana) portaal, signaalsild پل زیر جرثقیل؛ دروازه ای که بر فراز خط آهن نصب می شود nosturiteline portique פִּיגוּם सोपानी मंच podnožje pomičnog dizala darupálya kerangka derek gálgakrani incastellatura 構台 받침대, 신호교 portalas, signalinis tiltelis, tiltinis kranas (celtņa) portāls; signāltiltiņš (uz dzelzceļa); paliktnis (mucām) gantri rijbrug, spoorwegportaal brukran, signalbru pomost ponte de apoio pod rulant помост portál žeriava; pomocná konštrukcia signalni most noseća metalna konstrukcija kranportal, signalbrygga โครงเหล็กสำหรับติดไฟสัญญาณเหนือทางรถไฟ ceraskal, sinyal köprüsü 起重機架 портал підйомного крана; сигнальний місток پہیے دار رافع کل کا چبوترہ جو اسے سمبھالتا ہے giàn cần cẩu 龙门起重机架，桶架