gallows — OAT

gallows

plural noun

1 the felon had been hanged on the gallows:

gibbet, scaffold;

archaic gallow-tree, Gregorian tree, derrick, three-legged mare, nubbing cheat, nub;

archaic , informal leafless tree, triple tree, Tyburn tree.

2 (the gallows) they were condemned to the gallows:

hanging, being hanged, the noose, the rope, the gibbet, the scaffold;

the death penalty, execution, being executed;

informal the drop, being strung up.