an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
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Making fun of serious subjects to lighten the mood and ease people's fright.
Gallows is a plural noun. It has no singular form.
Gallows were a fairly simple contraption used to make public hangings easier to display to the general public. They consisted of a wooden platform a few feet off the ground with a wooden bar...
The gallows were invented in 1892 by Cheyenne architect James P. Julian but had not been used before.
He was born in Cumberland,Maryland.