gantry scaffold

noun

A massive scaffolding structure mounted on a bridge or platform supported by a pair of towers or trestles that normally run back and forth on parallel tracks, used to assemble and service a large rocket as the rocket rests on its launch pad.

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Meanings

noungantry scaffold (plural gantry scaffolds)

plural gantry scaffolds

  1. A massive scaffolding structure mounted on a bridge or platform supported by a pair of towers or trestles that normally run back and forth on parallel tracks, used to assemble and service a large rocket as the rocket rests on its launch pad.

Translations

Finnish laukaisuteline
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Polish rusztowanie bramowe
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Swedish portal
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APA

gantry scaffold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gantry%20scaffold

MLA

“gantry scaffold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gantry%20scaffold. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gantry scaffold,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gantry%20scaffold.

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