gantry

gantry
noun
(crane) Portal, das; (on road) Schilderbrücke, die; (Railw.) Signalbrücke, die; (Astronaut.) Startrampe, die
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['ɡæntri]
plural - gantries; noun
(a bridge-like structure which supports a crane, railway signals etc.) das Gerüst
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gan·try
[ˈgæntri]
n (support) Gerüst nt, Montageturm m; (for a crane) Krangerüst nt, Portal nt; for a rocket Abschussrampe f, Startrampe f; RAIL
signal \gantry Signalbrücke f
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['gntrɪ]
n
(for crane) Portal nt; (on motorway) Schilderbrücke f; (RAIL) Signalbrücke f; (for rocket) Abschussrampe f
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gantry [ˈɡæntrı] s
1. TECH Fasslager n
2. auch gantry bridge TECH Kranbrücke f:
gantry crane Portalkran m
3. a) BAHN Signalbrücke f
b) Schilderbrücke f (auf Autobahnen etc)
4. auch gantry scaffold Raumfahrt: Montageturm m (einer Abschussrampe)
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noun
(crane) Portal, das; (on road) Schilderbrücke, die; (Railw.) Signalbrücke, die; (Astronaut.) Startrampe, die
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n.
Gerüst -e n.

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