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Definition of Gantry
1. Noun. A framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc..
Definition of Gantry
1. n. See Gauntree.
Definition of Gantry
1. Noun. A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something. ¹
2. Noun. A supporting framework for a barrel. ¹
3. Noun. (astronautics) A gantry crane or gantry scaffold. ¹
4. Noun. (''medical imaging'') A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D-imaging. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gantry
1. a structure for supporting railroad signals [n -TRIES]
Medical Definition of Gantry
1. A frame housing the X-ray tube, collimators, and detectors in a CT machine, with a large opening into which the patient is inserted; a mechanical support for mounting a device to be moved in a circular path. Origin: M.E., fr. O.Fr., fr. L. Cantherius, wooden frame, fr. G. Kanthelia, pack saddle, fr. Kanthos, pack ass (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gantry
Literary usage of Gantry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by Roy Samuel MacElwee, Thomas Rothwell Taylor (1921)
"In a wharf gantry crane, the framework spans the wharf apron or the outer part
... A wharf gantry crane has to span from one to three tracks and sometimes, ..."
2. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1897)
"A Two-Hundred Foot gantry Crane.—For handling the material in the storage-yard,
400 by 800 feet area, of the Cambria Iron Company at Johnstown, Pennsylvania ..."
3. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1902)
"AX 88-FOOT SPAN gantry CRANK, WITH LIFTING MAGNETS FOR HANDLING PLATES ONU OF THE
... The large gantry crane shown on this page operates in the yard just ..."
4. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1914)
"Through or gantry Travelers.—A through or gantry traveler consists of two or
three transverse bents or "gallows frames" braced longitudinally and is carried ..."
5. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1918)
"Gallows frames are commonly used in pairs or a gallows frame is used with a
stiff-leg derrick. Through or gantry Travelers. ..."
6. An Elementary Treatise on Hoisting Machinery Including the Elements of Crane by Joseph Gregory Horner (1903)
"... Positions of Main Girders and End Cradles—Goliath and gantry
Framings—Definitions—Timber- framed Goliath—Steel-framed ditto—Framing of gantry
Crane. ..."
7. Henley's Encyclopædia of Practical Engineering and Allied Trades: A by Joseph Gregory Horner (1907)
"gantry.—The elevated strutted framing, of timber or steel, supporting the rails
upon which an overhead traveller runs. gantry Crane.—An overhead crane which ..."
8. Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by Roy Samuel MacElwee, Thomas Rothwell Taylor (1921)
"In a wharf gantry crane, the framework spans the wharf apron or the outer part
... A wharf gantry crane has to span from one to three tracks and sometimes, ..."
9. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1897)
"A Two-Hundred Foot gantry Crane.—For handling the material in the storage-yard,
400 by 800 feet area, of the Cambria Iron Company at Johnstown, Pennsylvania ..."
10. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1902)
"AX 88-FOOT SPAN gantry CRANK, WITH LIFTING MAGNETS FOR HANDLING PLATES ONU OF THE
... The large gantry crane shown on this page operates in the yard just ..."
11. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1914)
"Through or gantry Travelers.—A through or gantry traveler consists of two or
three transverse bents or "gallows frames" braced longitudinally and is carried ..."
12. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1918)
"Gallows frames are commonly used in pairs or a gallows frame is used with a
stiff-leg derrick. Through or gantry Travelers. ..."
13. An Elementary Treatise on Hoisting Machinery Including the Elements of Crane by Joseph Gregory Horner (1903)
"... Positions of Main Girders and End Cradles—Goliath and gantry
Framings—Definitions—Timber- framed Goliath—Steel-framed ditto—Framing of gantry
Crane. ..."
14. Henley's Encyclopædia of Practical Engineering and Allied Trades: A by Joseph Gregory Horner (1907)
"gantry.—The elevated strutted framing, of timber or steel, supporting the rails
upon which an overhead traveller runs. gantry Crane.—An overhead crane which ..."
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