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| gal·lows [ gállōz ] (plural gal·lows) |
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1. frame for hanging criminals: a wooden frame, usually made of two upright posts and a crossbeam with a noose attached, used to execute people by hanging
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2. structure like gallows: a structure that resembles a gallows, e.g. one used to suspend slaughtered animals
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3. execution by hanging: death by hanging as capital punishment for a criminal offense
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| [13th century. < Old Norse gálgi< Germanic, "pole"] |
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