gallows
意味
- 《複数形》《しばしば単数扱い》絞首台
- 《the ~》絞首刑
例文
The criminal was sent to the gallows.
罪人は絞首台に送られた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English galwes, galewes, plural of galwe, galowe, from Old English galga, gealga, from Proto-West Germanic *galgō, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”). The plural construction probably refers to the vertical and horizontal beams. Compare West Frisian galge, Dutch galg, German Galgen, Danish galge, Icelandic gálgi. For the pronunciation /ˈɡæləs/, compare bellows, bodice.