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Noun: gallows-tree  ga-lowz tree
  1. An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
    - gallows, gallows tree, gibbet, gallous [archaic]

Derived forms: gallows trees, gallows-trees

Type of: instrument of execution

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