Table of Contents
33 relations: Arson in royal dockyards, Asphyxia, Capital punishment, Dule tree, Gibbet of Montfaucon, Gibbeting, Gothic language, Hanging, Hangman (game), Hangman's Elm, HMS Arethusa (1759), Intertidal zone, Jail tree, Jesus, John André, John the Painter, London, Marble Arch, Moot hill, Neck, Newgate Prison, Noose, Old Bailey, Patibular fork, Piracy, Proto-Germanic language, Rope, Rutland County Museum, Strangling, Trapdoor, Triberg Gallows, Tyburn, Ulfilas.
- Execution equipment
Arson in royal dockyards
Arson in royal dockyards and armories was a criminal offence in the United Kingdom and the British Empire.
See Gallows and Arson in royal dockyards
Asphyxia
Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body which arises from abnormal breathing.
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.
See Gallows and Capital punishment
Dule tree
Dule trees, or dool trees, in Britain were used as gallows for public hangings. Gallows and Dule tree are Execution equipment.
Gibbet of Montfaucon
The Gibbet of Montfaucon (Gibet de Montfaucon) was the main gallows and gibbet of the Kings of France until the time of Louis XIII of France.
See Gallows and Gibbet of Montfaucon
Gibbeting
Gibbeting is the use of a gallows-type structure from which the dead or dying bodies of criminals were hanged on public display to deter other existing or potential criminals. Gallows and Gibbeting are Execution equipment.
Gothic language
Gothic is an extinct East Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths.
See Gallows and Gothic language
Hanging
Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature.
Hangman (game)
Hangman is a guessing game for two or more players.
See Gallows and Hangman (game)
Hangman's Elm
Hangman's Elm, or simply "The Hanging Tree", is an English Elm located at the northwest corner in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City.
HMS Arethusa (1759)
Aréthuse was a French frigate, launched in 1757 during the Seven Years' War.
See Gallows and HMS Arethusa (1759)
Intertidal zone
The intertidal zone or foreshore is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide; in other words, it is the part of the littoral zone within the tidal range.
See Gallows and Intertidal zone
Jail tree
A jail tree is any tree used to incarcerate a person, usually by chaining the prisoner up to the tree.
Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.
John André
Major John André (May 2, 1750 – October 2, 1780) was a British Army officer who served as the head of Britain's intelligence operations during the American War of Independence.
John the Painter
James Aitken (28 September 1752 – 10 March 1777), also known as John the Painter, was a mercenary who committed acts of sabotage in Royal Navy naval dockyards during the American Revolutionary War in 1776–77.
See Gallows and John the Painter
London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Marble Arch
The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England.
Moot hill
A moot hill or mons placiti (statute hill) is a hill or mound historically used as an assembly or meeting place, as a moot hall is a meeting or assembly building, also traditionally to decide local issues.
Neck
The neck is the part of the body on many vertebrates that connects the head with the torso.
See Gallows and Neck
Newgate Prison
Newgate Prison was a prison at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey Street just inside the City of London, England, originally at the site of Newgate, a gate in the Roman London Wall.
See Gallows and Newgate Prison
Noose
A noose is a loop at the end of a rope in which the knot tightens under load and can be loosened without untying the knot.
Old Bailey
The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey after the street on which it stands, is a criminal court building in central London, one of several that house the Crown Court of England and Wales.
Patibular fork
A patibular fork was a gallows that consisted of two or more columns of stone, with an horizontal beam of wood resting on top.
See Gallows and Patibular fork
Piracy
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods.
Proto-Germanic language
Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.
See Gallows and Proto-Germanic language
Rope
A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form.
See Gallows and Rope
Rutland County Museum
Rutland County Museum is located in Oakham, Rutland, in the old Riding School of the Rutland Fencible Cavalry which was built in 1794–95.
See Gallows and Rutland County Museum
Strangling
Strangling is compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death by causing an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain.
Trapdoor
A trapdoor is a sliding or hinged door that is flush with the surface of a floor, ceiling, or roof.
Triberg Gallows
The Triberg Gallows (Triberger Galgen) is a double gallows on the heights known as Hochgericht on the K 5728 county road that runs from Schönwald to Villingen, and in the county of Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
See Gallows and Triberg Gallows
Tyburn
Tyburn was a manor (estate) in the county of Middlesex, England, one of two which were served by the parish of Marylebone.
Ulfilas
Ulfilas (Greek: Ουλφίλας; – 383), known also as Wulfila(s) or Urphilas, was a 4th century Gothic preacher of Cappadocian Greek descent.
See also
Execution equipment
- Breaking wheel
- Bullet fee
- Crux simplex
- Drowning pit
- Dule tree
- Electric chair
- Execution chamber
- Execution van
- Executioner's sword
- Gallows
- Garrote
- Gas chamber
- Gas van
- Gibbeting
- Guillotine
- Halifax Gibbet
- Hangman's knot
- Head crusher
- Instrument of Jesus' crucifixion
- Maiden (guillotine)
- Official Table of Drops
- Old Sparky
- Poison
- Poisons
- Scaffold (execution site)
- Snake pit
- Tunica molesta
References
Also known as Gallow, Gallow tree, Gallows (Execution), Gallows Tree, Gallows pole, Gregorian tree.