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Definition gallows

Etymology 1

From Middle English galwes, galewes, galowe, galwe, from Old English ?ealga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *??alg?-, *??alg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”). Compare West Frisian galge, Dutch galg, German Galgen, Danish galge, Icelandic gálgi.

Noun

gallows (plural gallows or gallowses)

  1. Wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging. [from 1300s]
  2. (colloquial, obsolete) A wretch who deserves to be hanged.
  3. (printing, obsolete) The rest for the tympan when raised.
  4. (colloquial, obsolete) Suspenders; braces.
  5. Any contrivance with posts and crossbeam for suspending objects.
  6. The main frame of a beam engine.

Etymology 2

Verb

gallows

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallow

Results 88 Words with the letters GALLOWS

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13 letter words with the letters GALLOWS ↑
GALLOWGLASSES 23
GLASSBLOWINGS 26
12 letter words with the letters GALLOWS ↑
GLASSBLOWERS 22
GLASSBLOWING 25
STONEWALLING 21
11 letter words with the letters GALLOWS ↑
DISALLOWING 20
GALLOWGLASS 21
GLASSBLOWER 21
SNOWBALLING 23
WHOLESALING 21
10 letter words with the letters GALLOWS ↑
ALPENGLOWS 21
SHALLOWING 20
SWALLOWING 21
9 letter words with the letters GALLOWS ↑
GALLOWSES 16
SALLOWING 17
7 letter words with the letters GALLOWS ↑
GALLOWS 14
6 letter words with the letters GALLOWS ↑
ALLOWS 11
SALLOW 11
SAWLOG 12
5 letter words with the letters GALLOWS ↑
AGLOW 11
ALLOW 10
AWOLS 9
GALLS 9
GAOLS 8
GLOWS 11
GOALS 8
OLLAS 7
SALOL 7
WALLS 10
4 letter words with the letters GALLOWS ↑
ALLS 6
ALOW 8
ALSO 5
AWLS 8
AWOL 8
GALL 8
GALS 7
GAOL 7
GLOW 10
GOAL 7
GOAS 6
LAGS 7
LAWS 8
LOGS 7
LOWS 8
OLLA 6
OWLS 8
SAGO 6
SALL 6
SLAG 7
SLAW 8
SLOG 7
SLOW 8
SOLA 5
SWAG 9
WAGS 9
WALL 9
3 letter words with the letters GALLOWS ↑
AGO 5
ALL 5
ALS 4
AWL 7
GAL 6
GAS 5
GOA 5
LAG 6
LAS 4
LAW 7
LOG 6
LOW 7
OWL 7
SAG 5
SAL 4
SAW 6
SOL 4
SOW 6
WAG 8
WAS 6
WOS 6
2 letter words with the letters GALLOWS ↑
AG 4
AL 3
AS 2
AW 5
GO 4
LA 3
LO 3
OS 2
OW 5
SO 2
WO 5

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