1. gallows - Noun
2. gallows - Verb
of Gallows
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.
A wretch who deserves the gallows.
The rest for the tympan when raised.
A pair of suspenders or braces.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI support the protection of life from conception to natural death. But a natural death for a murderer is a death on the gallows. Janusz Korwin-Mikke
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows. Paul Eldridge
They made some low wide gallows on which the hanged victim's feet almost touched the ground, stringing up their victims in lots of thirteen, in memory of Our Redeemer and His twelve Apostles, then set burning wood at their feet and thus burned them alive. Bartolomé de las Casas
Every one is a preacher under the gallows. Dutch Proverb
He who lies, hangs from a gallows - he who does not, hangs twice. Bulgarian Proverb
Vain speeches lead a man to the gallows. Corsican Proverb