gallows

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

gal·lows /ˈɡæləʊz $ -loʊz/ noun (plural gallows) [countable] SCa structure used for killing criminals by hanging them from a rope 绞刑架

Examples from the Corpus

gallows• As uplifting as a gallows, maybe, but a rewarding experiment in instrumentation none the less.• Next a policeman puppet arrived carrying a gallows.• Another of the outcropping, another of a gallows fixed to the outcropping.• The next sketch was one of a gallows.• The arrangement was later modified, and gallows were erected outside, in the hanging corner.• Hooper's career continued until 1735 but thereafter no mention of him occurs in the gallows records.• Dinah rides with Hetty in the cart proceeding to the gallows along streets lined with people.• Men on their way to the gallows?Origin gallows Old English gealga

gal·lows nounChineseSyllable

hanging structure from used them by Corpus killing criminals for a

gallows
gal‧lows /ˈɡæləʊz $ -loʊz/