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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A form of traveling crane in which two horizontal girders carry the hoisting-crab which is free to travel along them.
  • noun A frame made to support a barrel or cask in a horizontal position with the bung uppermost.
  • noun A frame or scaffolding which supports a crane or other structure.
  • noun Also spelled gawntree.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere.
  • noun (Engin.) A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Archaic form of gantry.

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