gallows tree

American  

Or gallow tree

noun

1. a gallows.

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gallows tree British  

noun

1. another name for gallows

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Etymology

Origin of gallows tree

before 900; Middle English galwe tree, Old English galgtrēow, equivalent to galg ( a ) gallows + trēow tree

Example Sentences

And the men sing, On Mountjoy one Monday morning High upon the gallows tree, Kevin Barry gave his young life For the cause of liberty.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Like the McPherson who danced so wantonly and rantingly beneath the gallows tree, she remained brave-hearted to the end.

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace

Hence Odin was called the Lord of the Gallows or the God of the Hanged, and he is represented sitting under a gallows tree.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir

Those that survived from the jailing betook themselves to the road, and became sturdy beggars, so that many of them too came to the gallows tree.

From The Fifth Queen Crowned by Ford, Ford Madox

One of a small bunch of chestnut trees west of the road where it tops the hill is pointed out as the gallows tree, although early accounts speak of a rough gallows having been erected.

From The New York and Albany Post Road From Kings Bridge to "The Ferry at Crawlier, over against Albany," Being an Account of a Jaunt on Foot Made at Sundry Convenient Times between May and November, Nineteen Hundred and Five by Hine, C. G. (Charles Gilbert)