Gallows (Crossword clue)

We found 3 answers for “Gallows” .

This page shows answers to the clue Gallows, followed by 8 definitions like “(pl. ) of Gallows”, “A gallows (or scaffold) is a frame” and “(n. sing.) A wretch who deserves the gallows”. Synonyms for Gallows are gibbet and scaffold.

4 letters

TREE

6 letters

GIBBET

7 letters

GALLOUS

Definitions of “Gallows”

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• (n. sing.) A wretch who deserves the gallows
• (n. sing.) The rest for the tympan when raised
• A frame used to support the boom when the sail is stowed
• A place of execution by a rope around the neck of a criminal and suspended from a beam
• Bitts with crosspieces for supporting spare spars stowed fore and aft on a weather deck
• (n. sing.) A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging
• An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
• Instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging
• Gallows (once called a pair of gallows) are a structure consisting of a horizontal crosspiece and one or two supporting uprights

Synonyms of “Gallows”

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gibbet and scaffold.

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