单词 | triple tree |
释义 | triple tree Cant. Now Hist. or arch. [tree n. 4 b.] A gallows (in reference to its three parts).
a1634Randolph Hey for Honesty iv. i, This is a Rascal deserves to ride up Holborn, And take a pilgrimage to the triple-tree, To dance in Hemp Derricks Caranto. 1707J. Stevens tr. Quevedo's Com. Wks. (1709) 181 Being come to the tripple Tree, he..set his Foot on the Ladder. 1862Sala Ship Chandler i. 5 Busy as was the triple tree.., they could not hang all the rogues they convicted. |

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