gallows

1. pl. of Gallows Source: opted

2. n. sing. 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. Source: opted

3. n. sing. A wretch who deserves the gallows. Source: opted

4. n. sing. The rest for the tympan when raised. Source: opted

5. n. sing. A pair of suspenders or braces. Source: opted

6. n. an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging Source: wordnet

7. 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. So they hanged Haman on the gallows. Esther vii. 10. If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. Shak. O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses Shak. 2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] Shak. 3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised. 4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.] 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, or Gallow tree, the gallows. At length him nailéd on a gallow tree. Spenser. Source: webster

8. n:100 n. an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging Source: ecdict

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