gallows frame

How to use gallows frame in a sentence

• The main centre of the beam is supported by a “gallows-frame” of timbers so arranged as to receive all stresses longitudinally.

  A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine | Robert H. Thurston

• For building walls of some height a gallows frame arrangement or the common braced staging used by masons and carpenters is used.

  Concrete Construction | Halbert P. Gillette