So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii.
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If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak.
O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses?
--Shak.
2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak.
3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
{Gallows bird}, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
{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
At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.