单词 | gantry scaffold |
释义 | gantry scaffold in British English (ˈɡæntrɪ ˈskæfəld) noun another name for gantry (sense 2) gantry in British English (ˈɡæntrɪ) or gauntry nounWord forms: plural -tries 1. a bridgelike framework used to support a travelling crane, signals over a railway track, etc 2. Also called: gantry scaffold the framework tower used to attend to a large rocket on its launching pad 3. 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 Word origin 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 assExamples of 'gantry scaffold' in a sentence |
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