gallows
noun#11,966
Translations
- 絞首台こうしゅだい
- 処刑台しょけいだい
- 死刑台しけいだい
- 十三階段じゅうさんかいだん
English definition
- an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
Examples
- The criminal was sent to the gallows.
- The gallows were already standing on the square.