Cant. Now Hist. or arch. [TREE sb. 4 b.] A gallows (in reference to its three parts).
a. 1634. Randolph, Hey for Honesty, IV. i. This is a Rascal deserves to ride up Holborn, And take a pilgrimage to the triple-tree, To dance in Hemp Derricks Caranto.
1707. J. Stevens, trans. Quevedo’s Com. Wks. (1709), 181. Being come to the tripple Tree, he … set his Foot on the Ladder.
1862. Sala, Ship Chandler, i. 5. Busy as was the triple tree…, they could not hang all the rogues they convicted.
