GALLOWS

n. wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging; execution by hanging

"Hanging tree" redirects here. For articles with similar titles, see Hanging tree (disambiguation). For the UK band, see Gallows (band). A gallows is a frame, typically wooden, used for execution by hanging.A gallows can take several forms. The simplest (as often used in the game "Hangman") resembles an inverted "L", with a single upright and a horizontal beam to which the rope noose would be attached. In other designs, the horizontal crossbeam is supported at both ends. The infamous Tyburn gallows was triangular in plan, with three uprights and three crossbeams, allowing up to 24 People to be executed along all three sides. The apparatus can be permanent, as a deterrent and grim symbol of the power of high justice (indeed, the French word for gallows, potence, stems from the Latin potentia, meaning "power"). Many old prints of British and European cities show such a permanent gallows erected on a prominent hill outside the walls, or more commonly near the castle or other seat of justice. In the modern era the gallows were often installed inside a prison; freestanding on a scaffold in the yard, erected at ground level over a pit, enclosed in a small shed of stone, brick or wood, built into the gallery of a prison wing (with beam in brackets on opposite walls), or in a purpose-built execution suite of rooms within the wing and close to the condemned cell. Gallows can also be temporary. In some cases, they were even moved to the location of the crime. For example, if a crime took place inside a building, the criminal may be hanged near the front door. In some cases of multiple offenders it was not uncommon to erect multiple gallows, even one noose per condemned criminal after the trial.
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Noun
1. instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging
(synonym) gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet, gallous
(hypernym) instrument of execution
(part-meronym) hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hemp, hempen necktie

(pl. )
of Gallows
  

(n. sing.)
The rest for the tympan when raised.
  

(n. sing.)
A wretch who deserves the gallows.
  

(n. sing.)
A pair of suspenders or braces.
  

(n. sing.)
A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything.
  

To dream of seeing a friend on the gallows of execution, foretells that desperate emergencies must be met with decision, or a great calamity will befall you.

To dream that you are on a gallows, denotes that you will suffer from the maliciousness of false friends.

For a young woman to dream that she sees her lover executed by this means, denotes that she will marry an unscrupulous and designing man.

If you rescue any one from the gallows, it portends desirable acquisitions.

To dream that you hang an enemy, denotes victory in all spheres.