Gallow - English meaning

Gallow – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A structure, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals.
Synonims:
Gibbet Scaffold Gallow-tree Gregorian tree Derrick Three-legged mare Nubbing cheat Nub Leafless tree Triple tree Tyburn tree

Gallow translation into English

Gallow: translate from English into Chinese

绞刑架

Gallow: translate from English into Dutch

Galg

Gallow: translate from English into French

Potence

Gallow: translate from English into German

Galgen

Gallow: translate from English into Hindi

फांसी

Gallow: translate from English into Italian

Forca

Gallow: translate from English into Korean

교수대

Gallow: translate from English into Russian

Виселица

Gallow: translate from English into Spanish

Horca

Word origin

Old 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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Gallow – similar words

gallows

plural noun
A structure, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals.
Usage examples:
A gallows is a structure used customarily to hang criminals.

noun
A raised, wooden structure used, esp. in the past, for hanging criminals

Gallows - all meanings in English

Gallow synonims

gibbet

noun
A gallows.
Usage examples:
A keen historian he also spent considerable time searching for items of historical interest and eve…

verb
Hang up (a body) on a gibbet.
Usage examples:
Hangings were public affairs and sometimes the bodies were gibbeted - left on the noose after death…

noun
A wooden structure from which criminals were hanged, in the past, as a form of execution (= killing as a punishment)

Gibbet - all meanings in English

nub

noun
The crux or central point of a matter.
Usage examples:
The nub of the problem lies elsewhere

noun
The most important or basic part of something
Usage examples:
What do you think is the nub of the problem?

Nub - all meanings in English

scaffold

noun
A raised wooden platform used formerly for the public execution of criminals.
Usage examples:
They were all angling for a better view of a simple wooden scaffold bearing a lone noose, which dan…

verb
Attach scaffolding to (a building).
Usage examples:
They scaffolded the building, then removed the roof

noun
A structure workers can stand on while working on a building, or a structure from which to hang (= kill by hanging from a rope around the neck) criminals sentenced to death

Scaffold - all meanings in English

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