gantry n : 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. [syn: gauntry]

English

Noun

1. In railroad terms, a framework of steel bars on side supports to bridge over or around something.

Translations

• French: portique

Gantry may refer to:

• Gantry crane, a crane having a hoist fitted in a trolley for horizontal movement
• Gantry (rocketry), the frame which encloses and services a rocket at its launch pad
• Gantry (road sign), an overhead assembly on which highway signs are posted
• Gantry (musical), a 1970 Broadway musical based on the Lewis novel
• Gantry is the name of a web application framework written in Perl.

See also:

• Elmer Gantry, a 1927 novel by Sinclair Lewis
• Elmer Gantry (film), a 1960 film based on the novel