scapegallows
English
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) A criminal who has narrowly escaped being hanged.
Etymology
Compound from English scape (escape) + English escape + English gallows.
Origin
English
gallows
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atscape English
- escapable English
- escape English
- escape character English
- escapee English
- escapeland English
- escapeless English
- escapement English
- escaper English
- escapest English
- escapeth English
- escapism English
- escapist English
- escapology English
- gallows English
- gallowsness English
- immunoescape English
- infoscape English
- reescape English
- scape English
- scape-animal English
- scape-bird English
- scapegoat English
- scapegrace English
- scapeless English
- scapiform English
- unescape English
- wallscape English
- scāpus Latin
- escape Italian
- escapar Spanish, Castilian
- エスケープ Japanese
- galwes Middle English
- eskapi Esperanto
- escaper ONF.