Gallows
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Gallows is a wooden frame used for execution by hanging, typically consisting of two upright posts supporting a crossbeam from which the condemned is suspended by a rope around the neck.
The word often appears in singular form even when referring to one structure: led to the gallows.
Gallows humor is grim joking about death or dire circumstances—the kind of levity that might occur among those facing execution.
Execution by noose
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- nooseLoop that constricts
- trapdoorHinged floor panel
- ropeThick twisted fibers
executioner · condemned · drop · hood · platform · gibbet · public execution · hangman
Structural support member
- crossbeamHorizontal structural member
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- woodenMade from timber
platform · steps · frame · construction · post · timber · carpentry · hinged
Of the Middle Ages
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- TowerCapitalized structure name
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- justiceFair treatment under law
stocks · pillory · public spectacle · frontier · Wild West · lynching · mob · outlaw
Unavoidable grim fate
- fatePredetermined course of events
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- specterGhostly threatening presence
shadow · threat · impending · ominous · sword of Damocles · reckoning · inevitable · awaiting
Comedy treating grim topics lightly
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- grimHarsh and foreboding
- ironicExpressing contrary meaning
sardonic · black humor · fatalistic · deadpan · wit · cynical · bleak · graveyard humor
hanging
Execution by noose
rope · executioner · condemned · drop · hood · platform · gibbet · public execution · hangman · death sentence
beam
Structural support member
- crossbeamHorizontal structural member
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- uprightVertical or morally sound
wooden · platform · steps · frame · construction · post · timber · carpentry · hinged · mechanism
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- TowerCapitalized structure name
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
justice · stocks · pillory · public spectacle · frontier · Wild West · lynching · mob · outlaw · sheriff
doom
Unavoidable grim fate
- fatePredetermined course of events
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
specter · shadow · threat · impending · ominous · sword of Damocles · reckoning · inevitable · awaiting · facing
dark comedy
Comedy treating grim topics lightly
ironic · sardonic · black humor · fatalistic · deadpan · wit · cynical · bleak · graveyard humor · coping
- BioWare RPGsInquisition, Mass Effect, Alistair, Morrigan, Shepard
Gallowscradle
Rocking bed for infants
maternity ward · incubator · nursery · womb · delivery room
Gallowspardon
Official release from punishment
reprieve · clemency · amnesty · commutation · mercy
Gallowsfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · emancipation · release · deliverance · liberation
- the gallowsExecution structure for hanging
- gallows humorJoking about grim subjects
- gallows humourJokes about dire situations
- gallows treeExecution scaffold for hanging
- gallows wit