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  1. Gallows
    [band] Gallows are a hardcore punk band from Watford, England. The band was formed in 2005 after the disbandment of founding member Laurent Barnard`s previous band, My Dad Joe. Gallows` debut album, Orchestra of Wolves, was distributed in the United States by Epitaph Records, and they were s...
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  2. gallows
    [n] - instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging
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  3. Gallows
    A place of execution by a rope around the neck of a criminal and suspended from a beam. These were often situated at the limits of towns or by roads. The dead body could be left for some considerable length of time in a metal cage called a gibbet as a deterrent - where the criminal was executed or ...
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  4. Gallows
    Gal'lows noun sing. ; plural Gallowses or Gallows . [ Middle English galwes , plural, Anglo-Saxon galga , gealga , gallows, cross; akin to Dutch galg gallows, Old Saxon & Old High German galgo ,...
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  5. gallows
    Origin: OE. Galwes, pl, AS. Galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. Galg gallows, OS. & OHG. Galgo, G. Galgen, Icel. Galgi, Sw. & Dan. Galge, Goth. Galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is ...
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  6. gallows
    noun an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
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  7. Gallows
    • (pl. ) of Gallows • (n. sing.) The rest for the tympan when raised. • (n. sing.) A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything. &bu...
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  8. Gallows
    A gallows is a frame, typically wooden, used for execution by hanging, or by means to torture before execution, as was used when being hanged, drawn and quartered. The gallows took its form from the Roman Furca when Constantine abolished crucifixion. ==Forms of hanging== A gallows can take several ...
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  9. Gallows
    Gallows (once called a pair of gallows) are a structure consisting of a horizontal crosspiece and one or two supporting uprights, used for hanging criminals.
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  10. gallows
    A frame used to support the boom when the sail is stowed.
    Found op http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/Boating-terms.html

  11. gallows
    1) Gallous 2) Gallows tree 3) Gallows-tree 4) Gibbet 5) Hangman's structure 6) Instrument of execution 7) Scaffold 8) Wooden frame for hanging criminals
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/gallows/1

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