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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gallows/ˈɡaləʊz/
▶plural noun [usu. treated as sing.] a structure, typically consisting of two uprights and a crosspiece, used for hanging a person.
■ (the gallows) execution by hanging.
– origin OE galga, gealga, of Gmc origin.
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