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Gallows

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Noun, plural -lowses, -lows.

a wooden frame, consisting of a crossbeam on two uprights, on which condemned persons are executed by hanging.
a similar structure from which something is suspended.
execution by hanging
a crime deserving of the gallows.
Also called gallows bitts. Nautical . a support on the deck of a vessel, generally one of two or more, consisting of a crosspiece on two uprights, for spars, boats, etc.

Synonyms

noun
gibbet , hanging , noose , potence , rope , scaffold

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