gallows
noun/ˈɡæləʊz/
/ˈɡæləʊz/
(plural gallows)
- a structure on which people, for example criminals, are killed by hanging
- to send a man to the gallows (= to send him to his death by hanging)
- The public were waiting to see the hated hangman swing from his own gallows.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGallows is used before these nouns:- humour
Word OriginOld English galga, gealga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch galg and German Galgen; reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse gálgi.
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