Gallows
21gallows — n. to be sent to the gallows * * * [ gæləs] to be sent to the gallows …
22gallows — [[t]gæ̱loʊz[/t]] N COUNT (gallows is both the singular and the plural form.) A gallows is a wooden frame used to execute criminals by hanging …
23gallows — noun /ˈɡæləʊz/ Wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging. Syn: gallows tree, gallow tree, hanging tree, gibbet …
24gallows — noun Gallows is used before these nouns: ↑humour …
25gallows — gal|lows [ˈgæləuz US louz] n plural gallows [: Old English; Origin: gealga] a structure used for killing criminals by hanging them from a rope …
26gallows — plural noun [usu. treated as sing.] a structure, typically consisting of two uprights and a crosspiece, used for hanging a person. ↘(the gallows) execution by hanging. Origin OE galga, gealga, of Gmc origin …
27gallows — noun plural gallows (C) a structure used for killing criminals by hanging them from a rope …
28gallows — [ˈgæləʊz] (plural gallows) noun [C] a wooden frame that is used for hanging criminals as a way of killing them …
29gallows — gal•lows [[t]ˈgæl oʊz, əz[/t]] n. pl. lows, lows•es 1) a wooden frame consisting of two upright timbers with a crossbeam from which condemned persons are hanged 2) a similar structure from which something is suspended 3) execution by hanging: a… …
30gallows — n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1 a structure, usu. of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals. 2 (prec. by the) execution by hanging. Phrases and idioms: gallows humour grim and ironical humour. Etymology: ME f. ON gaacutelgi …
