gallows

Speech parts

1. gallows - Noun

2. gallows - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

gibbet scaffold gallows tree lynch derrick rod hangman pitchfork balata stifler block execution chair rope hanging
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Antonyms

continue advantage accept benefit relief mercy
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Hypernyms

instrument of execution

Hyponyms

gibbet gallows tree gallous

Phrases with the word

Middlesex gallows Tyburn gallows send to the gallows gallows-ripe gallows knot gallows-keeper

Derivatives

gallowses gallows

Examples

I 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

Close letter words and terms

Galloway-Mowat syndrome Gallowegian gallowglass gallows bird gallows frame gallows humor