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Definitions
an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
Word origin
From Middle English galwes, galewes, plural of galwe, galowe, from Old English galga, gealga, from Proto-West Germanic *galgō, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”). The plural construction probably refers to the vertical and horizontal beams.
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonym: gibbet”
“No, Sir, 'tis fear of Hanging. Who would not ſteal, or do Murder, every time his Fingers itch'd at it, were it not for fear of the Gallows?”
“Ay, and a shrewd unhappy gallows too. / You'll ne'er be friends with him: a' kill'd your sister.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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