Thesaurus:gallows

Thesaurus

gallows

English

Noun

Sense: framework for execution by hanging

Synonyms

• crook (obsolete)
• gallows
• gibbet
• nubbing cheat (obsolete, slang)
• Tyburn tree (obsolete)

Hypernyms

• ravenstone (historical)

Meronyms

• drop
• halter
• hangman's noose
• noose
• rope
• scaffold
• transom

Various

• gallows tree
• hanging tree

See also

• Thesaurus:die by hanging
• Thesaurus:gallows bird
• Thesaurus:hangworthy
• Thesaurus:kill by hanging

Further reading

• “975. scourge” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “gallows” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.