A variant spelling of gantry; a framework or overhead structure used for supporting equipment, especially cranes or machinery.
Variant of gantry, ultimately from Old French gantier (journeyman) or possibly related to French chantier (building site). The exact path is debated by etymologists.
Gantry and gauntree are spelling variants from when English was still figuring out how to spell borrowed words—they're fossils of the era when spelling wasn't standardized.
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