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gallows tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables
gal-lows tree
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: galowetre, gealgtrēow

Inflected Forms

gallows trees (plural) gallow tree (alternative)

Synonyms

hanging tree gallows-tree gibbet gallous

Questions

What does gallows tree mean?
A tree used as a gallows, a tree from which people are hanged (killed by hanging).
Where does gallows tree come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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