Gallows
Gallows noun - An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging.
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Let's start with the opening shot of the prologue looking right at a gallows in the middle of town, though judging from the lawless nature of the town the gallows is never actually used.
- Some are Hilarious in Hindsight (in a Gallows Humor way); others suck the humor right out of the joke faster than excessive meme-forcing ever could.
Source: Funny Aneurysm Moment / Comedy - Led Zeppelin III: "Gallows Pole" puts the acoustic guitar intro on the left channel, and afterwards separates John Paul Jones' mandolin and Jimmy Page's mandolin on the left and right.
Source: Gratuitous Panning
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Right and Gallows. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gallows/right
Gallows & Right. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/gallows/right>.
Right or Gallows. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/gallows/right.
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