GALLOWS

Gallows. Gallows
Heb. ‘ets, meaning “a tree” (Esther 6:4), a post or gibbet. In Gen. 40:19 and Deut. 21:22 the word is rendered “tree.”

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GALLOWS. → Used for execution of criminals Es 2:23; 5:14; 6:4; 7:9,10; 9:13,25 → Reproach of being hanged upon Ga 3:13 → See PUNISHMENT

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Jos 8:29; 10:26; Es 7:10; 9:13; Ga 3:13

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gallows. Gallows, n. pl. a tree of execution, gibbet, frame

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Gal″lows (?), n. sing.; pl. Gallowses (#) or Gallows. [[OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. gālgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by a; as, a gallows.]] 1. 1. 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.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows. Esther vii. 10. If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. Shak. O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses! Shak. 2. 2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. Shak.
3. 3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
4. 4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces.
Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. — Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; — called also gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc. — Gallows frame. (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine. (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts. — Gallows, or Gallow tree, the gallows. At length him nailéd on a gallow tree. Spenser.