two-legged mare

noun

A wooden triangle gallows that was used for executions in York.

Meanings

nountwo-legged mare (usually uncountable, plural two-legged mares)

plural two-legged mares

  1. UKhistoricaluncountableusuallyA wooden triangle gallows that was used for executions in York.
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