gallows tree

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gallows tree

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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.

noun gallows trees · gallow tree

A tree used as a gallows, a tree from which people are hanged (killed by hanging).
Similar: hanging tree

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@misc{gallows_tree_2026,
  title = {gallows tree},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gallows%20tree},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}