Usage of "gallous" | TermGallery

Alternative terms for gallows.

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Examples for "gibbet"

Examples for "gibbet"

Well for him if the romance be not ended in the gibbet. 
 East Lynne 

Our deliverance from the sea would have led but to the gibbet. 
 The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History 

For him the gibbet, and the crows to pick out his eyes. 
 Tales of Destiny 

To you the gibbet proves the crime, because you read not story. 
 The Cloister and the Hearth 

Here is a man condemned to death; here is an idle gibbet. 
 If I Were King 

This is my gallows tree; and he climbed nimbly and firmly. 
 The Devil's Garden 

Where high upon a gallows tree, a yelling wretch is seen- 
 Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry 

Or perhaps a blood-soaked historical figure such as Governor Macquarie is more up your gallows tree. 
 The Guardian 

The gallows tree has borne its ghastly fruit. 
 The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance 

With gallows tree and nooses three 
 The witch queen 

Usage of gallous in English

You must find me somebody who was a "gallous young hound" in the days of his youth-Crossjay ,forinstance:-there 
 An Englishwoman's Love-Letters 

'They're gallous lads for walking round through the world. 
 In Wicklow and West Kerry 

Frequent collocations

Gallous through the time

Meanings of gallous in English