gallows
/ˈɡæloʊz/ noun C2- A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging. · Near-synonym: gibbet
- Any contrivance with posts and crossbeam for suspending objects.
- The main frame of a beam engine.
Plural gallows
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de Villefort is preparing against my amiable assassin—some brigand escaped from the gallows apparently.”
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