Gallows vs Guillotine - What's the difference?
gallows | guillotine |
Wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1728
, chapter = The Atheist, or, the Second Part of the Solider's Fortune
, title = The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway
, volume = 2
, first = Thomas
, last = Otway
, authorlink = Thomas Otway
, location = London
, page = 37
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=yF1AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37
, passage = No, Sir, 'tis fear of Hanging. Who would not ?teal, or do Murder, every time his Fingers itch'd at it, were it not for fear of the Gallows ?
}}
(colloquial, obsolete) A wretch who deserves to be hanged.
* 1590 , , V. ii. 12:
(printing, obsolete) The rest for the tympan when raised.
(colloquial, obsolete) suspenders; braces
(gallow)
A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade.
A device used for cutting stacks of paper to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged blade attached to a flat platform.
A cloture; a motion that debate be ended and a vote taken.
To execute, cut or cut short (a person, a stack of paper or a debate) by use of a guillotine.
To end discussion on a parliamentary bill by invoking cloture.
As verbs the difference between gallows and guillotine
is that gallows is (gallow) while guillotine is .As a noun gallows
is wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging.gallows
English
(wikipedia gallows)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- Ay, and a shrewd unhappy gallows too. / You'll ne'er be friends with him: a' kill'd your sister.