gantry (redirected from gantries)

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 [ˈgæntrɪ], gauntry

n pl -tries

1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a bridgelike framework used to support a travelling crane, signals over a railway track, etc.

2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Also called gantry scaffold the framework tower used to attend to a large rocket on its launching pad

3. (Engineering / 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]

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 (gen) → caballete m; (for crane, railway signal) → pórtico m; (for rocket) → torre f de lanzamiento

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gantry [ˈgæntri] n

[motorway] → portique m

(for rocket) → tour f de lancement

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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 [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 teline portique פִּיגוּם सोपानी मंच podnožje pomičnog dizala darupálya kerangka derek gálgakrani incastellatura 構台 갠트리 기중기 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 起重龍門 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