English Explanatory Dictionary

gallows tree

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tree used as a gallows, a tree from which people are hanged (killed by hanging).

Word forms

gallows tree gallows trees gallow tree

Etymology

From earlier gallow tree, from Middle English galowetre, galwe tree, from Old English gealgtrēow, equivalent to gallows + tree. Cognate with Danish galgetræ, Swedish galgträd, Norwegian galgetre, Icelandic gálgatré. Compare also West Frisian galgebeam, German Galgenbaum.

Synonyms

hanging tree
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