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gallows    音标拼音: [g'æloz]
n. 绞架,绞刑

绞架,绞刑

gallows
n 1: an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame
from which a condemned person is executed by hanging

Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. {Gallowses}or {Gallows}. [OE.
galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D.
galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi,
Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and
historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural
number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded
by a; as, a gallows.]
1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which
criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of
two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like
frame for suspending anything.
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So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii.
10.
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If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak.
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O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses!
--Shak.
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2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak.
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3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
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4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
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{Gallows bird}, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]


{Gallows bitts} (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships
on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also
{gallows}, {gallows top}, {gallows frame}, etc.

{Gallows frame}.
(a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine.
(b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.

{Gallows tree}, or

{Gallow tree}, the gallows.
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At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.
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52 Moby Thesaurus words for "gallows":
ax, beheading, block, burning, capital punishment, cross,
crucifixion, death chair, death chamber, decapitation, decollation,
defenestration, drop, electric chair, electrocution, execution,
fusillade, gallows-tree, garrote, gas chamber, gassing, gibbet,
guillotine, halter, hanging, hemlock, hemp, hempen collar,
hot seat, judicial murder, lapidation, lethal chamber, maiden,
necktie party, noose, poisoning, rope, scaffold, shooting, stake,
stoning, strangling, strangulation, the ax, the block, the chair,
the gallows, the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat,
the rope, tree

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  • Gallows - Wikipedia
    A gallows (or less precisely scaffold) is a frame or elevated beam, typically wooden, from which objects can be suspended or "weighed" Gallows were thus widely used to suspend public weighing scales for large and heavy objects such as sacks of grain or minerals, usually positioned in markets or toll gates
  • 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
    The Roman gallows was the cross, and, in the older translations of the Bible, gallows was used to describe the cross upon which Jesus was crucified (Ulfilas uses the term galga in his Gothic Testament) Another form of gallows in the Middle Ages was found at Montfaucon near Paris This was a square structure formed of columns of masonry
  • 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
  • GALLOWS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    GALLOWS definition: 1 a wooden structure used, especially in the past, to hang criminals from as a form of execution… Learn more
  • Gallows - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
    Gallows humor (1876) translates German Galgenhumor also from c 1300 Entries linking to gallows gallow singular of gallows gauge (v ) "ascertain by exact measurements," mid-15c , from Anglo-French gauge (mid-14c ), from Old North French gauger "standardize, calibrate, measure" (Old French jaugier), from gauge "gauging rod," a word of
  • Gallows - definition of gallows by The Free Dictionary
    Define gallows gallows synonyms, gallows pronunciation, gallows translation, English dictionary definition of gallows n pl gallows or gal·lows·es 1 a A device usually consisting of two upright posts supporting a crossbeam from which a noose is suspended and used for
  • GALLOWS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    3 meanings: 1 a wooden structure usually consisting of two upright posts with a crossbeam from which a rope is suspended, used Click for more definitions
  • gallows noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    The public were waiting to see the hated hangman swing from his own gallows Topics History c2 Oxford Collocations Dictionary Gallows is used before these nouns: humour; See full entry Word Origin Old English galga, gealga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch galg and German Galgen; reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse gálgi
  • Topical Bible: The Gallows
    The gallows, as described in the biblical narrative, is a structure used for execution, specifically for hanging In the context of ancient Persia, where the account of Esther is set, the gallows could refer to a wooden structure or a pole used for impalement, a common method of execution in the ancient Near East





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