gallows tree

Senso (Inglese)

A tree used as a gallows, a tree from which people are hanged (killed by hanging).

sinonimi

gallows-tree

gibbet

gallous

gallows

Traduzioni

échafaud

gibet

potence

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: galowetre

Ereditato da inglese antico: gealgtrēow

Affine danese: galgetræ

Affine svedese: galgträd

Affine norvegese: galgetre

Affine islandese: gálgatré

Affine frisone occidentale: galgebeam

Affine tedesco: Galgenbaum

In summary

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.