gallows
noun[C]
uk/ˈɡæl.əʊz/us/ˈɡæl.oʊz/pluralgallowsawoodenstructureused,especiallyin the past, tohangcriminalsfrom as aformofexecution(=killingas apunishment):
（尤指旧时的）绞刑架Newwitnesseshavecastdoubton some of theevidencethatsentthe 19-year-oldto thegallows.新证人的出现，使得人们开始对判处这个19岁年轻人死刑所依据的一些证据产生质疑。
Death penalties
- behead
- boots on the groundidiom
- burn
- capital punishment
- chair
- condemn
- condemnsomeoneto (do)something
- crucify
- death sentence
- death warrant
- decapitate
- decapitation
- firing squad
- gibbet
- guillotine
- hang
- hanging
- hangman
- stake
- the electric chair