Associations to the word «Gallows»

GALLOWS, noun. Wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging.

GALLOWS, noun. (colloquial) (obsolete) A wretch who deserves to be hanged.

GALLOWS, noun. (printing) (obsolete) The rest for the tympan when raised.

GALLOWS, noun. (colloquial) (obsolete) suspenders; braces

GALLOWS, verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallow

GALLOWS BIRD, noun. (archaic) A person who deserves to be, or is likely to be hanged.

GALLOWS BIRDS, noun. Plural of gallows bird

GALLOWS FRAME, noun. (mining) headframe.

GALLOWS FRAMES, noun. Plural of gallows frame

GALLOWS HUMOR, noun. (US) (idiomatic) Comedy that still manages to be funny in the face of, and in response to, a tragic or hopeless situation.

GALLOWS HUMOUR, noun. (UK) Alternative spelling of gallows humor

GALLOWS TREE, noun. Alternative term for gallows

GALLOWS, noun. An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging.