gallows

About 1.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun A wretch who deserves to be hanged.
3. noun The rest for the tympan when raised.
4. noun Suspenders; braces.
5. noun Any contrivance with posts and crossbeam for suspending objects.
6. noun The main frame of a beam engine.
7. noun plural of gallow glyph; a specialized, ornate character that appears frequently in the Voynich Manuscript.
8. adverb Utterly; very.

Similar words

gibbet gallous gallowstree place dead tree cranes portals gallows frame saltbox

Often followed by

and in for humor was hill at on with

Word family

gallows tree gallows trees gallowses