gallows frame
noun Mining.
Origin of gallows frame
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby gallows frame
gallovidian,
galloway,
gallowglass,
gallows,
gallows bird,
gallows frame,
gallows humor,
gallows humour,
gallows tree,
gallsickness,
gallstone
Example sentences from the Web for gallows frame
The main centre of the beam is supported by a “gallows-frame” of timbers so arranged as to receive all stresses longitudinally.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine |Robert H. Thurston