gallows
/ˈɡæloʊz/
noun
- A structure used for hanging people as a form of execution.
- The condemned prisoner was led to the gallows at dawn.
- The museum has a replica of a medieval gallows.
- Old western movies often show a gallows in the town square.
- A wooden frame or upright post used for hanging something, such as a sign or a game animal.
- A gallows for drying fish stood near the shore.
- They built a gallows to hang the deer carcass for butchering.
- The blacksmith used a gallows to hold the heavy iron chain.