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Definition of Gauntree
1. n. A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere.
Definition of Gauntree
1. a stand for barrels [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gauntree
Literary usage of Gauntree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dredging for Gold in California by D'Arcy Weatherbe (1907)
"The bow or forward gauntree is used for hoisting and lowering the ... The stern
or after gauntree supports the stacker and provides guides for the spuds, ..."
2. Elements of Mining by George Joseph Young (1916)
"The bow gauntree is a heavy timber frame built into the hull and braced by ...
The stern gauntree is used to suppor the tailing stacker and for raising and ..."
3. On the Nature, Properties, and Applications of Steam, and on Steam Navigation by John Scott Russell, Peter Lecount (1841)
"... and extending along the front of the gauntree for supporting the casks or
other vessels in which the food s held. These vessels are hung on pivots, ..."
4. On the Nature, Properties, and Applications of Steam, and on Steam Navigation by John Scott Russell, Peter Lecount (1841)
"... and extending along the front of the gauntree for supporting the casks or
other vessels in which the food is held. These vessels are hung on pivots, ..."
5. Proceedings by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1896)
"... until their women cried tears ; and he played them the gauntree, until their
women and youths burst into laughter ; he played them the ..."
6. The Song Lore of Ireland: Erin's Story in Music and Verse by Redfern Mason (1910)
"... until their women wept tears; he played them the gauntree until their women
and youths burst into laughter; he played them the ..."
7. Wisconsin Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin by Wisconsin, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Supreme Court (1900)
"It appears from the description of the gauntree in evidence, in effect, that
there was a heavy frame structure, about eighty feet in width from track to ..."
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