Gallows vs Suspender - What's the difference?
gallows | suspender |
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 ?
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(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)
Something or someone who suspends.
(US) An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used hold up trousers. Called braces in other parts of the world.
(British) An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.
As nouns the difference between gallows and suspender
is that gallows is wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging while suspender is something or someone who suspends.As a verb gallows
is (gallow).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.