Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 8 compound words that contain gallows. The most common are listed below. Open gallows in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- gallows humorA form of comedy that still manages to be humorous in the face of, and in response to, a tragic or hopeless situation.
- gallows birdA person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.
- Tyburn gallowsSynonym of Tyburn tree: A gallows, situated at Tyburn, Middlesex, (present-day Greater London), that was used for public hangings from medieval times until 1783 (when executions were moved to Newgate Prison).
- gallows frameheadframe.
- gallows humourAlternative spelling of gallows humor: A form of comedy that still manages to be humorous in the face of, and in response to, a tragic or hopeless situation.
- gallows treeA tree used as a gallows, a tree from which people are hanged (killed by hanging).
- Middlesex gallowsSynonym of Tyburn tree: A gallows, situated at Tyburn, Middlesex, (present-day Greater London), that was used for public hangings from medieval times until 1783 (when executions were moved to Newgate Prison).
- gallows godA byname for the God Odin, so called for being hanged on the world tree Yggdrasil.
- gallows-bittsA frame fixed in a ship's deck to support spare spars.
- gallows birdsplural of gallows bird: A person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.
- gallows framesplural of gallows frame: headframe.
- gallows godsplural of gallows god: A byname for the God Odin, so called for being hanged on the world tree Yggdrasil.
- gallows treesplural of gallows tree: A tree used as a gallows, a tree from which people are hanged (killed by hanging).
Compound words 8
- gallowsmakerA manufacturer of gallows.
- gallowswardToward the gallows.
- scapegallowsA criminal who has narrowly escaped from being hanged.
- gallowsnessrecklessness
- gallowsbirdAlternative form of gallows bird: A person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.
- gallowsbirdsplural of gallowsbird: A person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.
- gallowsmakersplural of gallowsmaker: A manufacturer of gallows.
- gallowstreeA tree used as gallows