Meaning

1 senses

  1. (broadly, obsolete)A gallows.

Origin

So called because at one time, criminals were executed by being hung from elm trees along

So called because at one time, criminals were executed by being hung from elm trees along the banks of the Tyburn Brook (historically, often confused with the nearby Tyburn River), a tributary stream which ran through Hyde Park.

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Forms

plural: Tyburn trees

See also

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