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gallows-tree
gallows tree
noun
a gallows.
Also,
gallow tree.
Origin:
before 900;
Middle English
galwe tree,
Old English
galgtrēow,
equivalent to
galg
(
a
)
gallows
+
trēow
tree
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gallows tree
or
gallow tree
—
n
another name for
gallows
gallow tree
or
gallow tree
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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