- a wooden frame, consisting of a crossbeam on two uprights, on which condemned persons are executed by hanging.
- a similar structure from which something is suspended.
- execution by hanging: a crime deserving of the gallows.
- a support on the deck of a vessel, generally one of two or more, consisting of a crosspiece on two uprights, for spars, boats, etc.
- a wooden structure usually consisting of two upright posts with a crossbeam from which a rope is suspended, used for hanging criminals
- any timber structure resembling this, such as (in Australia and New Zealand) a frame for hoisting up the bodies of slaughtered cattle
- execution by hanging