Defn: See Gantlet. [Obs.]
GANTRY
Gan"try, n.
Defn: See Gauntree.
GANZA
Gan"za, n. Etym: [Sp. gansa, ganso, goose; of Gothic origin. See
Gannet, Goose.]
Defn: A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world. [Also gansa.] Johnson.
GANZ SYSTEM
Ganz system
Defn: A haulage system for canal boats, in which an electric locomotive running on a monorail has its adhesion materially increased by the pull of the tow rope on a series of inclined gripping wheels.
GAOL
Gaol, n. Etym: [See Jail.]
Defn: A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the United States usually, written jail.] Commission of general gaol delivery, an authority conferred upon judges and others included in it, for trying and delivering every prisoner in jail when the judges, upon their circuit, arrive at the place for holding court, and for discharging any whom the grand jury fail to indict. [Eng.] — Gaol delivery. (Law) See Jail delivery, under Jail.
GAOLER
Gaol"er, n.