Thesaurus:gallows

English

Noun

Sense: framework for execution by hanging

Synonyms
  • crook (obsolete)
  • gallows
  • gibbet
  • nubbing cheat (obsolete, slang)
  • Tyburn tree (obsolete)
Hypernyms
Meronyms
Various

See also

Further reading

  • “975. scourge” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “gallows” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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