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Gallows tree

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tree used as a gallows, a tree from which people are hanged (killed by hanging).
  2. 2
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Etymology

From earlier gallow tree, from Middle English galowetre, galwe tree, from Old English gealgtrēow, equivalent to gallows + tree. Cognate with Danish galgetræ, Swedish galgträd, Norwegian galgetre, Icelandic gálgatré. Compare also West Frisian galgebeam, German Galgenbaum.

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