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

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Example Sentences

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gallows tree

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

This man was ragged beyond all that moving rag-heap; he was as gaunt as a gallows tree, and the thing he was uttering with arms held up to heaven was evidently a curse.

From The New Jerusalem by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

O the Gold Road is a hard road, And it leads beyond the sea,— Some follow it through the altar gates And some to the gallows tree.

From Days of the Discoverers by Florence Choate

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 Wallace Notestein

Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, jovially Sae dauntingly gaed he; He played a spring and danced it round, lively tune Below the gallows tree.

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson

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