† hangrelln.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A gallows; see also quot. 1802.
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a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 772 Gleyd gangrell, auld mangrell! to the hangrell, and sa pyne.
1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gloss. (Jam.) Hangarell, hangrell, an implement of the stable, upon which bridles, halters, etc. are hung.
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