Gallows

Noun

 * 1) wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging

Synonyms

 * gibbet

Derived terms

 * gallows bird

Verb
gallows



Verbs for Gallows
bring to—; cheat—; condemn to—; conduct to—; correct on—; deliver from—; deserve—; erect—; escape—; execute on—; hang on—; inflict—; punish on—; reprieve from—; save from—; sentence to—; threaten with —; —cures; —tames; —terrifies; —terrorizes.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
gealga:.

Noun

 * Arabic: مشنقة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 絞刑架, 绞刑架, 絞台, 绞台
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: võllas
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: αγχόνη


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 絞首台
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: kārtavas
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: چوبه دار
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: šibenica, vešala
 * Slovak: šibenica
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: