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GALLOWS-TREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
gallous; gallows-tree; gallows tree; gibbet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gallows-tree" is a kind of...):
gallows (an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging)