A carpenter or craftsperson who builds gallows structures.
Compound word from gallows (execution structure) plus maker (from Old English macian meaning 'to make'), referring to a specialized tradesperson.
Gallowsmakers were grim specialists in medieval towns—they had steady work, which says something dark about justice systems of the era, but they also needed real carpentry skill since a faulty gallows could become a political disaster.
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