gan|try

gan|try
gan|try «GAN tree», noun, plural -tries.
1. a bridgelike framework that spans over something, for supporting a kind of suspended crane or block signals over railroad tracks.
2. = gantry crane. (Cf. ↑gantry crane)
3. a four-footed, wooden stand for barrels. Also, gauntry.
╂[probably alteration of Old North French gantier, Old French chantier < Latin canthērius rafter, frame, related to Greek kanthêlios donkey]

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