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GALLOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gallous mean?
• GALLOUS (noun)
The noun GALLOUS has 1 sense:
1. alternative terms for gallows
Familiarity information: GALLOUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Alternative terms for gallows
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
gallous; gallows-tree; gallows tree; gibbet
Hypernyms ("gallous" is a kind of...):
gallows (an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging)
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