gallows

potence, gibet

Structure avec une poutre à laquelle on pend des personnes avec une corde pour les mettre à mort.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : gibbet

Expressions courantes : the gallows, gallows rope, send to gallows

potence

Structure composée de montants verticaux et d’une poutre horizontale, servant à suspendre des objets.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : support frame

Expressions courantes : wooden gallows, gallows frame

bâti de machine à balancier

Structure principale qui soutient une ancienne machine à vapeur équipée d’une grande poutre mobile.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : engine gallows, gallows frame