"gallows tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gallows trees [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|gallow tree}} gallow tree, {{inh|en|enm|galowetre}} Middle English galowetre, {{m|enm|galwe tree}} galwe tree, {{inh|en|ang|gealgtrēow}} Old English gealgtrēow, {{af|en|gallows|tree}} gallows + tree, {{cog|da|galgetræ}} Danish galgetræ, {{cog|sv|galgträd}} Swedish galgträd, {{cog|no|galgetre}} Norwegian galgetre, {{cog|is|gálgatré}} Icelandic gálgatré, {{cog|fy|galgebeam}} West Frisian galgebeam, {{cog|de|Galgenbaum}} German Galgenbaum Head templates: {{en-noun}} gallows tree (plural gallows trees)
  1. A tree used as a gallows, a tree from which people are hanged (killed by hanging). Categories (topical): Capital punishment Categories (lifeform): Trees Synonyms: hanging tree, gallow tree Hypernyms: tree

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