Gallows - Wikipedia These gallows in Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park are maintained for historical purposes by Arizona State Parks A gallows (or less precisely scaffold) is a frame or elevated beam, typically wooden, from which objects can be suspended or "weighed"
GALLOWS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of GALLOWS is a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which a noose is suspended and that is used for executions by hanging How to use gallows in a sentence
Gallows | Definition, History, Examples | Britannica gallows, the apparatus for executing the sentence of death by hanging It usually consists of two upright posts and a crossbeam but sometimes consists of a single upright with a beam projecting from the top
GALLOWS Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com Gallows definition: a wooden frame, consisting of a crossbeam on two uprights, on which condemned persons are executed by hanging See examples of GALLOWS used in a sentence
gallow - Wiktionary, the free dictionary gallow (third-person singular simple present gallows, present participle gallowing, simple past and past participle gallowed) To frighten or terrify
Gallows - definition of gallows by The Free Dictionary 1 a wooden frame consisting of two upright timbers with a crossbeam from which condemned persons are hanged 2 a similar structure from which something is suspended 3 execution by hanging: a criminal sentenced to the gallows