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Topic: CONSTRUCTION

Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Perhaps from Old North French gantier, from Latin cantherius 'frame of crossed pieces of wood'

gantry

 noun
     
gan‧try plural gantries [countable]
TBCTTT a large metal frame which is used to support heavy machinery or railway signals
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