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gantries Definition


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gantry
noun gantries
    1. A large metal supporting framework, eg serving as a bridge for a travelling crane, overhead for railway signals, or used at the side of a rocket's launch pad.
    2. A stand for barrels.
    3. The racks behind a bar in which bottles of alcoholic drink are kept.
Etymology: 16c: from Latin cantherius a trellis.



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