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Definition :

Gallows [it is used by some in the singular, but more generally in the plural], a beam laid over either one or two posts, from which male factors are hanged. See EXECUTION OF CRIMINALS.

A wooden frame consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam from which condemned criminals are hanged by rope, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 687.