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gallows tree

–noun
a gallows.
Also, gallow tree.


Origin:
bef. 900; ME galwe tree, OE galgtrēow, equiv. to galg(a) gallows + trēow tree
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gallows tree  
n.  A device used for hanging a person until dead; a gallows.
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