gallow
Meaning of gallow
noun
a structure, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals.
Old English galga, gealga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch galg and German Galgen ; reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse gálgi .
Information about gallow
- It is a name.
- The plural form of gallow is: gallows.
- Languages in which gallow is used:
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Hyphenation of gallow
gal-low
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- gallow is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
gallow synonyms
Meaning a gallows:
Meaning a raised wooden platform used formerly for the public execution of criminals:
Meaning a kind of crane with a movable pivoted arm for moving heavy weights, especially on a ship:
Meaning the crux or central point of a matter:
Words that rhyme with gallow
Allhallow, allow, ballow, behallow, betallow, callow, disallow, dishallow, encallow, enhallow, enwallow, fallow, hallow, mackallow, mallow, marshmallow, preallow, preswallow, reallow, refallow, rehallow, reswallow, rewallow, sallow, shallow, swallow, tallow, twifallow, unallow, uncallow, unhallow, unsallow, upswallow, wallow, waxmallow, yallow, Bellow, Fellow, Longfellow, Oddfellow, Rockafellow, Yellow, bedfellow, bellow, benchfellow, blackfellow, boonfellow, chamberfellow, clanfellow, classfellow