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Noun: gallows  ga-lowz
  1. An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
    - gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet, gallous [archaic]

Derived forms: gallowses

Type of: instrument of execution

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