The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crane \Crane\ (kr[=a]n), n. [AS. cran; akin to D. & LG. craan, G. kranich, krahn (this in sense 2), Gr. ge`ranos, L. grus, W. & Armor. garan, OSlav. zerav[i^], Lith. gerve, Icel. trani, Sw. trana, Dan. trane. [root]24. Cf. Geranium.]
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(Zo["o]l.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.
Note: The common European crane is Grus cinerea. The sand-hill crane ( Grus Mexicana) and the whooping crane ( Grus Americana) are large American species. The Balearic or crowned crane is Balearica pavonina. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the herons and cormorants.
Any arm which swings about a vertical axis at one end, used for supporting a suspended weight.
A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick.
An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire.
A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
(Naut.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2.
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(Zo["o]l.) The American blue heron ( Ardea herodias).
Crane fly (Zo["o]l.), a dipterous insect with long legs, of the genus Tipula.
Derrick crane. See Derrick.
Gigantic crane. (Zo["o]l.) See Adjutant, n., 3.
Traveling crane, Traveler crane, Traversing crane (Mach.), a crane mounted on wheels; esp., an overhead crane consisting of a crab or other hoisting apparatus traveling on rails or beams fixed overhead, as in a machine shop or foundry.
Water crane, a kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout, for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with water.
Usage examples of "traveling crane".
And an engineer had come down and disconnected the console and taken it off to an underground workshop with a small traveling crane.
We also had a small traveling crane, though, and the tunneler soon cut some straight temporary roads that let the crane drag in logs for the lift truck to stack.
As they watched, a traveling crane removed the remains of the number-three screw.
Without a traveling crane, getting those logs in place was a problem.
When the trucks got to the cruiser, a traveling crane lifted them up to the foredeck of the ship, where, with the assistance of some strong-backed sailors, the boxes were rapidly lowered into the vertical launch cells of the forward missile launcher.
Actually, it's much more like a traveling crane-an extremely heavy-duty overhead rail line.
As they watched a traveling crane maneuvered a torso section over the legs and hips of one of the robots.
An overhead traveling crane, eight feet tall, laboriously lowered a prefabricated fighting top onto an eleven-foot aircraft carrier.