gallows tree

== English == === Alternative forms === gallow tree === 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. === Noun === gallows tree (plural gallows trees) A tree used as a gallows, a tree from which people are hanged (killed by hanging). ==== Synonyms ==== hanging tree ==== Hypernyms ==== tree === References === “gallows tree”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === gallow trees