gallows

horca, patíbulo

Estructura con una viga de la que se cuelga a personas con una cuerda para ejecutarlas.

En inglés sencillo: A frame with a beam from which people are killed by hanging with a rope.

• The prisoner was led to the gallows.
• A rope hung from the wooden gallows.
• The old gallows stood outside the prison walls.

Sinónimos: gibbet

Expresiones frecuentes: the gallows, gallows rope, send to gallows

pórtico de suspensión

Estructura con postes verticales y una viga horizontal que sirve para colgar objetos.

En inglés sencillo: A frame with upright posts and a horizontal beam used for hanging objects.

• The bell hangs from a gallows.
• They built a timber gallows to support the load.
• A metal gallows held the suspended equipment.

Sinónimos: support frame

Expresiones frecuentes: wooden gallows, gallows frame

bastidor de balancín

Armazón principal que sostiene una antigua máquina de vapor con una gran viga móvil.

En inglés sencillo: The main supporting frame of an old steam engine with a large moving beam.

• The engine's gallows supported the beam.
• Engineers inspected the iron gallows for cracks.
• The museum preserved the gallows of the old beam engine.

Expresiones frecuentes: engine gallows, gallows frame