gantry
gantry Lexical Profile
gantry Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A bridge-like overhead structure with a platform supporting equipment such as a traveling crane, railway signals, highway directional signs, or cameras.
"The digital speed limit signs were mounted on an overhead steel gantry spanning all four lanes of the highway."
A tall, movable vertical framework with work platforms used at a launch site to assemble, service, or load a rocket or spacecraft prior to liftoff.
"Engineers rolled the massive service gantry away from the launchpad a few hours before the scheduled liftoff."
A four-footed wooden stand or rack used in cellars to support barrels or casks.
"The oak casks were carefully positioned along the wooden gantry in the brewery cellar."
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Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the late 14th century (as gantree), the word comes from Old Northern French ganter, meaning a wooden frame for supporting barrels, ultimately derived from Latin cantherius ('rafter' or 'packhorse').