gallows
Kelime Anlamı :
1. darağacı.
2. idam sehpası.
3. adam asma.
4. barfiks.
5. ipe çekme.
6. asarak idam etme.
7. spor barfiks gallows bird asılacak herif.
8. darağaç.
9. i darağacl.
10. ipten kazıktan kurtulmuş kimse.
Tanımlar :
1.
A device usually consisting of two upright posts supporting a crossbeam from which a noose is suspended and used for execution by hanging; a gallows tree.
2. A similar structure used for supporting or suspending.
3. execution by hanging: a crime punishable by the gallows.
2. A similar structure used for supporting or suspending.
3. execution by hanging: a crime punishable by the gallows.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging.
2. third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallow.
2. third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything.
2. A wretch who deserves the gallows.
3. the rest for the tympan when raised.
4. A pair of suspenders or braces.
2. A wretch who deserves the gallows.
3. the rest for the tympan when raised.
4. A pair of suspenders or braces.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
reckless; dashing; showy.
2. very; exceedingly: as, gallows poor.
3. A wooden frame on which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two posts and a cross-beam on the top, or of a single post with a projecting arm, from which the criminal is suspended by a rope fastened about his neck: a plural used as a singular, and having the double plural gallowses.
4. A similar contrivance for suspending objects.
5. nautical, same as gallows-bitts.
6. in coal-mining, a set of timbers consisting of two upright pieces or props and a bar or crown-tree laid across their tops so as to support the roof in a level or in any other excavation.
7. in printing, a low trestle attached to old forms of hand printing-presses, to sustain the tympan.
8. A central core formed of several cornstalks interlaced diagonally (while uncut) to serve as a stool or support for cut maize which is placed about it in forming a shock.
9. plural A pair of braces for supporting the trousers. also galluses.
10. A wretch who deserves to be hanged; a gallows-bird.
11. specifically, on the great sheep-raising stations of australasia, a high wooden frame on which the carcasses of butchered cattle or sheep are suspended; a meat-gallows.
2. very; exceedingly: as, gallows poor.
3. A wooden frame on which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two posts and a cross-beam on the top, or of a single post with a projecting arm, from which the criminal is suspended by a rope fastened about his neck: a plural used as a singular, and having the double plural gallowses.
4. A similar contrivance for suspending objects.
5. nautical, same as gallows-bitts.
6. in coal-mining, a set of timbers consisting of two upright pieces or props and a bar or crown-tree laid across their tops so as to support the roof in a level or in any other excavation.
7. in printing, a low trestle attached to old forms of hand printing-presses, to sustain the tympan.
8. A central core formed of several cornstalks interlaced diagonally (while uncut) to serve as a stool or support for cut maize which is placed about it in forming a shock.
9. plural A pair of braces for supporting the trousers. also galluses.
10. A wretch who deserves to be hanged; a gallows-bird.
11. specifically, on the great sheep-raising stations of australasia, a high wooden frame on which the carcasses of butchered cattle or sheep are suspended; a meat-gallows.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia