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gantry (GAN-tree) - n., a frame structure raised on side supports so as to span over or around something, or a frame to support something.
Examples of the former include highway signs that span the road or a traveling crane for moving shipping containers, and of the latter support for barrels or a rocket prior to blastoff. Many kinds of gantries. Here's the an example of the rocket kind, pivoted at the bottom out of the way during launch:
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The word goes back to the 14th century as gauntre, from dialectal Old French gantier, wooden stand/frame, variant of standard Old French chantier, from Medieval Latin cantārius, from Latin canthērius, from Greek kanthēlia, panniers at the side of a pack-saddle, from an unknown Mediterranean language.
---L.
Examples of the former include highway signs that span the road or a traveling crane for moving shipping containers, and of the latter support for barrels or a rocket prior to blastoff. Many kinds of gantries. Here's the an example of the rocket kind, pivoted at the bottom out of the way during launch:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
The word goes back to the 14th century as gauntre, from dialectal Old French gantier, wooden stand/frame, variant of standard Old French chantier, from Medieval Latin cantārius, from Latin canthērius, from Greek kanthēlia, panniers at the side of a pack-saddle, from an unknown Mediterranean language.
---L.
