1. An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging

Derived forms: gallowses

Type of: instrument of execution

Encyclopedia: Gallows

• academic freedom
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• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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