A variant spelling of gantry; a bridge-like overhead frame used to support a traveling crane or other equipment.
Variant spelling of gantry, from Old French gantier (possibly) or related to French chantier. The spelling variation shows historical inconsistency in how the word was recorded.
Engineering vocabularies like 'gantry' often come through French from unknown origins—they're the kind of technical words that spread through practical demonstration rather than written instruction.
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