Gallows

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A device usually consisting of two upright posts supporting a crossbeam from which a noose is suspended and used for execution by hanging; a gallows tree.
  • n. A similar structure used for supporting or suspending.
  • n. Execution by hanging: a crime punishable by the gallows.
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  • n. Wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallow.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything.
  • n. A wretch who deserves the gallows.
  • n. The rest for the tympan when raised.
  • n. A pair of suspenders or braces.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A wooden frame on which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two posts and a cross-beam on the top, or of a single post with a projecting arm, from which the criminal is suspended by a rope fastened about his neck: a plural used as a singular, and having the double plural gallowses.
  • n. A similar contrivance for suspending objects.
  • n. Nautical, same as gallows-bitts.
  • n. In coal-mining, a set of timbers consisting of two upright pieces or props and a bar or crown-tree laid across their tops so as to support the roof in a level or in any other excavation.
  • n. In printing, a low trestle attached to old forms of hand printing-presses, to sustain the tympan.
  • n. A central core formed of several cornstalks interlaced diagonally (while uncut) to serve as a stool or support for cut maize which is placed about it in forming a shock.
  • n. plural A pair of braces for supporting the trousers. Also galluses.
  • n. A wretch who deserves to be hanged; a gallows-bird.
  • Reckless; dashing; showy.
  • Very; exceedingly: as, gallows poor.
  • n. Specifically, on the great sheep-raising stations of Australasia, a high wooden frame on which the carcasses of butchered cattle or sheep are suspended; a meat-gallows.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    instrument of execution   
    Cross Reference
    to cheat the gallows   
    Hyponym
    gallows tree    gallous    gibbet   
    Form
    gallows bird   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bough    tree    gibbet    patibulary   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    hallows    mallows   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scaffold    gibbet    pillory    halter    hangman   
     
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