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1. A raised wooden frame consisting of two uprights and a cross-piece on which the skid booms of a square-rigged ship rested. See also booms. 2. A temporary wooden structure, also known as a boom crutch, erected on the counter of small fore-and-aft-rigged sailing craft on which the main boom is stowed and secured when the vessel is at anchor or lying on a mooring. 3. Inverted U-shaped iron or steel frames fitted in pairs on one or both sides of a trawler and carrying a large sheave to take the trawl warps. They were colloquially known as the ‘the galluses’. |
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"gallows." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gallows." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-gallows.html "gallows." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-gallows.html |
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gal·lows / ˈgalōz/ • pl. n. [usu. treated as sing.] a structure, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals. ∎ (the gallows) execution by hanging: saved from the gallows by a last-minute reprieve. ORIGIN: Old English galga, gealga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch galg and German Galgen; reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse gálgi. |
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"gallows." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gallows." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gallows.html "gallows." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gallows.html |
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gallows apparatus for hanging a person XIII (galu treo, galwe tree, galwes). — ON. gálgi = OE. ġealga, galga, OS., OHG. galgo (Du. galg, G. galgen), Goth. galga :- Gmc. *ʒalʒan-.
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T. F. HOAD. "gallows." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "gallows." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gallows.html T. F. HOAD. "gallows." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gallows.html |
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"gallows." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gallows." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gallows.html "gallows." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gallows.html |
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