execution by hanging
101halter — hal·ter || hÉ”ËltÉ™(r) n. woman s sleeveless top which is secured at the neck and at the back; rope with a noose for hanging criminals; rope with a loop at the end for tying or leading animals v. restrain with a halter; hang with a halter n.… …
102haltered — hal·ter || hÉ”ËltÉ™(r) n. woman s sleeveless top which is secured at the neck and at the back; rope with a noose for hanging criminals; rope with a loop at the end for tying or leading animals v. restrain with a halter; hang with a halter n.… …
103haltering — hal·ter || hÉ”ËltÉ™(r) n. woman s sleeveless top which is secured at the neck and at the back; rope with a noose for hanging criminals; rope with a loop at the end for tying or leading animals v. restrain with a halter; hang with a halter n.… …
104halters — hal·ter || hÉ”ËltÉ™(r) n. woman s sleeveless top which is secured at the neck and at the back; rope with a noose for hanging criminals; rope with a loop at the end for tying or leading animals v. restrain with a halter; hang with a halter n.… …
105gallows — plural noun [usu. treated as sing.] a structure, typically consisting of two uprights and a crosspiece, used for hanging a person. ↘(the gallows) execution by hanging. Origin OE galga, gealga, of Gmc origin …
106hang — verb (past and past participle hung except in sense 2) 1》 suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part not attached. ↘attach or be attached so as to allow free movement about the point of attachment. ↘attach (meat or game) to a… …
107gallows — /ˈgæloʊz / (say galohz) noun (plural gallows or gallowses) 1. a wooden frame, consisting of a crossbeam on two uprights, on which condemned persons were, and in certain countries still are, executed by hanging. 2. a similar structure, as for… …
108gallows — ► PLURAL NOUN (usu. treated as sing. ) 1) a structure consisting of two uprights and a crosspiece, used for hanging a person. 2) (the gallows) execution by hanging. ORIGIN Old English …
109hang — ► VERB (past and past part. hung except in sense 2) 1) suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part not attached. 2) (past and past part. hanged) kill or be killed by tying a rope attached from above around the neck and removing the… …
110halter — halter1 [hôl′tər] n. [ME < OE hælftre (akin to Ger halfter) < base of helfe (see HELVE): basic sense “that by which something is held”] 1. a) a rope, cord, strap, etc., usually with a headstall, for tying or leading an animal b) a bitless… …
