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

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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

"No Gregory ner no Wellver hain't nuver died on ther gallows tree yit," he faltered.

From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck

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 Madox Ford

The Colonel's son has taken a horse, and a raw, rough dun was he,15 With the mouth of a bell, and the heart of Hell, and the head of the gallows tree.

From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by E. C. (Ernest Clark) Hartwell

Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he; He play’d a spring, and danced it round, Below the gallows tree.

From Life of Robert Burns by Thomas Carlyle