English Explanatory Dictionary

Tyburn tree

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A gallows, situated at Tyburn, Middlesex, (present-day Greater London), that was used for public hangings from medieval times until 1783 (when executions were moved to Newgate Prison).
noun
  1. A gallows.
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Tyburn tree.

Word forms

Tyburn tree Tyburn-tree Tyburn trees

Etymology

So called because at one time, criminals were executed by being hung from elm trees along the banks of the Tyburn Brook (historically, often confused with the nearby Tyburn River), a tributary stream which ran through Hyde Park.

Synonyms

Tyburn gallows Middlesex gallows Three-legged mare
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