fourches patibulaires
In French, for the gallows which could accommodate simultaneously a number of victims; consisted of stone pillars connected by wooden beams, constructed in the Middle Ages by the French nobility on their lands at the behest of the King; the number of pillars in the gallows depended on the rank of the noble. The King himself had as many pillars on the Royal Gallows as he thought necessary. Criminals were either hanged there, ascending to their nooses on inside ladders, or brought there after execution for public display. The gallows were used not only for human beings but also for animals, particularly for pigs that had been condemned to death for eating children. (Kremer, 2023)