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Meanings of gallows tree in English

Alternative terms for gallows.

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Examples for "gibbet"
Examples for "gibbet"
1
Well for him if the romance be not ended in the gibbet.
East Lynne
2
Our deliverance from the sea would have led but to the gibbet.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
3
For him the gibbet, and the crows to pick out his eyes.
Tales of Destiny
4
To you the gibbet proves the crime, because you read not story.
The Cloister and the Hearth
5
Here is a man condemned to death; here is an idle gibbet.
If I Were King
1
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
2
'They're gallous lads for walking round through the world.
In Wicklow and West Kerry
Usage of gallows tree in English
1
This is my gallows tree; and he climbed nimbly and firmly.
The Devil's Garden
2
Where high upon a gallows tree, a yelling wretch is seen-
Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry
3
Or perhaps a blood-soaked historical figure such as Governor Macquarie is more up your gallows tree.
The Guardian
4
The gallows tree has borne its ghastly fruit.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
5
With gallows tree and nooses three
The witch queen
6
Beneath the gallows tree.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Cr...
7
It ended in your becoming a rambler and a gambler: it is going to end this evening on the gallows tree.
The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet
8
As for yon traitor Tinker, him will I hang, if I catch him, upon the very highest gallows tree in all Nottinghamshire.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
9
Come out, before we drag you forth, for the rope is waiting for your neck and the gallows tree is waiting for the rope.
The Strong Arm
10
Among those who thus weighted the gallows tree were some of the Tory brigands from Watauga; but not all the victims were of this character.
Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and blood...
11
Now that they had caught him they could condemn him to be hanged on the spot, and away they hurried him to the gallows tree.
East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon
12
He was climbing the Gallows Tree with Bottle Top.
The story of cirrus flux
13
Billy put his head in the Gallows Tree to keep an eye on you, Tobias.
The story of cirrus flux
14
They suspended their attack and fluttered back to the Gallows Tree, as though nothing had happened.
The story of cirrus flux
15
He sprinted toward the Gallows Tree and then, reaching the dirt road, swerved sharply toward the city.
The story of cirrus flux
16
He peeled off his shoes and stockings, tucked his shirt into his breeches and approached the Gallows Tree.
The story of cirrus flux