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单词 triple tree
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triple treen.

Etymology: tree n. 4b.
Cant. Now Historical or archaic.
A gallows (in reference to its three parts).
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gallowsOE
gallows-treea1000
warytre?a1200
gibbet?c1225
gallow-forka1250
forkc1275
juisec1320
forchesc1380
crossa1382
treec1425
patible1428
justice1484
potencec1500
haltera1533
turning-tree1548
potentc1550
three treesa1566
chates1567
mare1568
furel1587
bough1590
gibe1590
derrickc1600
hangrella1605
cross-tree1638
Gregorian tree1641
wooden horse1642
timber-marec1650
triple tree1651
furca1653
nubbing1673
a horse that was foaled of an acorn1678
nub1699
Tyburn tree1728
raven-stone1738
picture frame1785
crap1789
lamp-iron1790
Moll Blood1818
stifler1818
scragging-post1819
government signposta1828
leafless tree1830
shuggie-shue1836
doom-tree1837
stob1860–62
1651 T. Randolph et al. Hey for Honesty iv. i. 30/1 This is a Rascal deserves to ride up Holborn, And take a pilgrimage to the triple-tree, To dance in Hemp Derricks Caranto.
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 181 Being come to the tripple Tree, he..set his Foot on the Ladder.
1862 G. A. Sala Ship-chandler i. 5 Busy as was the triple tree.., they could not hang all the rogues they convicted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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