gallows English

Meaning gallows meaning

What does gallows mean?

gallows

— noun an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging

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gallows English » English

gibbet

scaffold

tree

torture chamber

suspenders

structural frame

staging

noose

hanging

halter

gallows-tree

gallows-bird

gallows tree

gallows frame

gallous

framing

frame

cross

braces

boom

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Social behavior Law Punish

Execute

• What things are used to execute someone?
  gas chamber electric chair gallows gibbet guillotine lethal injection noose scaffold cross stake sword