darağacı — meaning in English

English meaning

• gallows noun A wooden frame used for hanging condemned prisoners.
• gibbet noun An upright post with a crossbar, once used to carry out executions and to display the body afterward as a warning to others.
• scaffold noun A temporary framework of poles or tubes that workers stand on to reach high parts of a building.

Senses

darağacı is used for these senses in English:

• gallows A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging. [from 1300s]
• gibbet An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
• scaffold An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.

gibbet — full definition

1. noun An upright post with a crossbar, once used to carry out executions and to display the body afterward as a warning to others.
2. noun The projecting arm of a crane from which the load hangs.

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