'Gallows' definitions:
Definition of 'gallows'
From: WordNet
noun
An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
Definition of 'Gallows'
From: GCIDE
- Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. Gallowsesor Gallows. [OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by a; as, a gallows.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii. 10. [1913 Webster]
- If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised. [1913 Webster]
- 4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
- Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc.
- Gallows frame. (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine. (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
- Gallows tree, or
- Gallow tree, the gallows. [1913 Webster]
- At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gallows'
From: GCIDE
- Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. Gallowsesor Gallows. [OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by a; as, a gallows.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii. 10. [1913 Webster]
- If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised. [1913 Webster]
- 4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
- Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc.
- Gallows frame. (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine. (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
- Gallows tree, or
- Gallow tree, the gallows. [1913 Webster]
- At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'gallows'
From: GCIDE
- Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. Gallowsesor Gallows. [OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by a; as, a gallows.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii. 10. [1913 Webster]
- If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised. [1913 Webster]
- 4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
- Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc.
- Gallows frame. (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine. (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
- Gallows tree, or
- Gallow tree, the gallows. [1913 Webster]
- At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gallows'
From: Easton
- Gallows Heb. 'ets, meaning "a tree" (Esther 6:4), a post or gibbet. In Gen. 40:19 and Deut. 21:22 the word is rendered "tree."
Synonyms of 'gallows'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ax,
- beheading,
- block,
- burning,
- capital punishment,
- cross,
- crucifixion,
- death chair,
- death chamber,
- decapitation,
- decollation,
- defenestration,
- drop,
- electric chair,
- electrocution,
- execution,
- fusillade,
- gallows-tree,
- garrote,
- gas chamber,
- gassing,
- gibbet,
- guillotine,
- halter,
- hanging,
- hemlock,
- hemp,
- hempen collar,
- hot seat,
- judicial murder,
- lapidation,
- lethal chamber,
- maiden,
- necktie party,
- noose,
- poisoning,
- rope,
- scaffold,
- shooting,
- stake,
- stoning,
- strangling,
- strangulation,
- the ax,
- the block,
- the chair,
- the gallows,
- the gas chamber,
- the guillotine,
- the hot seat,
- the rope,
- tree