| 单词 | gallows |
| 释义 | gallows (once / 1290 pages) n During the Salem witch trials in the late 1600s, women accused of witchcraft were executed by hanging, a gruesome process that involves a gallows, or wooden frame from which a person is hung by a rope. A gallows is a frame, usually wood, that is made up of a horizontal crossbeam from which a noose or rope is suspended. The word gallows has an s at the end of it because a gallows usually consists of two upright poles and a crossbeam. As a form of capital punishment, hanging is outlawed in almost every state, making the use of gallows these days very rare. If you see one, it will be in a museum. WORD FAMILYgallows: gallowses USAGE EXAMPLESThe humor was bitter, sometimes dark, but not quite gallows. Slate(Nov 23, 2016) He didn’t break down, but there was no stab at gallows humor, no smiling through the heartache. Wall Street Journal(Nov 16, 2016) At a group dinner on Friday night at a nearby Italian restaurant, there was plenty of wine and gallows humor. New York Times(Nov 13, 2016) n an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging Hypo|Hyper gallous, gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet alternative terms for gallows instrument of execution an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person |
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