Gauntree

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  • n. Archaic form of gantry.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere.
  • n. A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A frame made to support a barrel or cask in a horizontal position with the bung uppermost.
  • n. A frame or scaffolding which supports a crane or other structure.
  • n. Also spelled gawntree.
  • n. A form of traveling crane in which two horizontal girders carry the hoisting-crab which is free to travel along them.
    • Word Usage
    "A good example of a dialect word is _gantry_ or _gauntree_, a wooden stand for barrels, known in varying forms in many dialects."
    Equivalent
    gauntry   
    Cross Reference
    traveling gauntree   
     
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