gallows

gallows englannista suomeksi

1. hirsipuu

1. hirsipuu, hirsi, hirttopaikka

gallows englanniksi

1. Wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging. (defdate) punishment

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3. A wretch who deserves to be hanged.

4. The rest for the tympan when raised.

5. Suspenders; braces.

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7. Any contrivance with posts and crossbeam for suspending objects.

8. 1971, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, ''The Godfather'' (screenplay, third draft)

Lit by the moonlight through the window, he can see a FIGURE in the hospital bed alone in the room, and under a transparent oxygen tent. (..) Tubes hang from a steel gallows beside the bed, and run to his nose and mouth.

9. The main frame of a engine.

10. (infl of)