gallows

جمع شاذ

A wooden framework, typically consisting of an upright post with a projecting beam, used for execution by hanging.

ruДеревянный помост со столбом и перекладиной, используемый для смертной казни через повешение.esEstructura de madera con un poste y una viga transversal, utilizada para la pena capital mediante ahorcamiento.frStructure en bois, généralement composée de deux poteaux et d'une traverse, utilisée pour l'exécution capitale par pendaison. Peut aussi désigner la potence elle-même ou, par extension, le châtiment de la pendaison.deEin hölzernes Gerüst mit einem Pfosten und einem Querbalken, an dem ein Mensch durch Erhängen hingerichtet wird. Im weiteren Sinne jede Vorrichtung oder Anlage zur Vollstreckung der Todesstrafe durch Erhängen.ptEstrutura de madeira com um poste e uma trave horizontal, usada para executar pessoas por enforcamento. Por extensão, qualquer instrumento ou local de execução capital.zh一种木制刑具，由立柱和横梁构成，用于绞刑处死犯人。arمنصة خشبية يُقام عليها المشنقة لتنفيذ حكم الإعدام شنقًا. ويُطلق اللفظ أيضًا على عمود المشنقة أو آلة الشنق نفسها.

1. A wooden structure for hanging condemned criminals. B2 formal

   A device consisting of one or more upright timbers and a horizontal beam, equipped with a rope, used from antiquity until modern times as a means of capital punishment; often constructed as a permanent fixture or temporary scaffold.

   • The convicted highwayman was led to the gallows at dawn.
   • A sombre crowd gathered around the wooden frame to witness the execution.
   • Public executions at the gallows were abolished in many countries in the 19th century.
   • The gnarled upright timber stood as a grim warning on the hilltop.
   • The authorities erected a temporary hanging platform in the town square.

   ruДеревянное сооружение для казни осуждённых через повешение.esHorcafrGibetdeHölzerne Hinrichtungsstätte zum ErhängenptEstrutura de madeira para execução de condenados por enforcamento.zh绞刑架arمشنقة

   المرادفات: gallows-treegibbetscaffold

2. Execution by hanging; the death penalty carried out on such a structure. B2 formal

   The punishment of death suspended by the neck, metaphorically represented by the apparatus itself; frequently used in literature and law to denote the fate awaiting a condemned individual.

   • The judge sentenced the traitor to the gallows.
   • To save his life, the captive agreed to testify against his former accomplices.
   • The novel ends with the villain meeting his fate on the scaffold.
   • Many members of the rebellion faced the gallows after the uprising was crushed.
   • He narrowly escaped the death penalty when new evidence proved his innocence.

   ruСмертная казнь через повешение; метонимически — сама виселица.esHorca (como pena de muerte)frPeine de mort par pendaisondeTodesstrafe durch Erhängen; metonymisch: der GalgenptPena de morte por enforcamento; metonimicamente, a forca.zh绞刑；死刑arالإعدام شنقًا؛ المِشنقة رمزيًا

   المرادفات: gibbethalterhangingnooseropescaffold

• gallows plural form
• gallows' possessive plural form
• gallows's possessive singular form