gauntry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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.
    gantry.

WordNet

Gaun"tree, Gaun"try noun (Also<
  • Gauntree
  • Gauntry
)
Etymology
F. chantier, LL. cantarium, fr. L. canterius trellis, sort of frame.
Definitions
  1. A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere. Sir W. Scott.
  2. (Engin.) A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure. Knight.

Webster 1913