gallows tree

Or gallow tree

noun

1. a gallows.

gallows tree

noun

1. another name for gallows

Word History and Origins

Origin of gallows tree¹

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

Example Sentences

“Hold-Your-Nose Billy, a wild man is he, Hang him from a gallows tree. Here he comes, there he goes: Don’t forget to hold your nose.’

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They were brought back, and hung up again; taken down again; escorted to the Neck, by an immense concourse; hanged upon the gallows tree; taken down once more; and torn into innumerable fragments.

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Often have I dress'd my Queen,85 And often made her bed; But now I've gotten for my reward The gallows tree to tread.

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Slowly the orchard fills with murmuring, whispering people; men and women coming up through the trees make a semicircle amongst them, about the gallows tree, but at a good distance.

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Said Offerus, "Methinks you are afraid of those gallows trees," and, drawing his bow, he shot an arrow into the middle cross.

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