The wooden frame upon which condemned persons are executed by hanging
Hanging people from early gallows sometimes involved fitting the 
noose... [DOC] [TLE] The gallows - definition of The gallows by The Free Dictionary [PAR] 1. a wooden structure usually consisting of two upright posts with a crossbeam 
from ... of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by 
hanging .... the bitter-tempered widow of the magistrate, was to die upon the 
gallows.