Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is another euphemism for the gallows. Cowboys liked to use funny names for serious things.
I learned that Gallows plural is gallows or gallowses
The criminal was sentenced to hang from the gallows for his heinous crimes.
The gallows pole
These gallows remain unused.
euphemism for helper
Gallows Thief was created in 2003.
Gallows View was created in 1987.
Gallows is a plural noun. It has no singular form.
The Gallows Bird was created in 2006.
euphemism of ugly
euphemism for helper