go to the scaffold

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To be executed by hanging.

日本語の意味

絞首刑に処される

Despite pleas for mercy, the condemned man was to go to the scaffold at dawn.

哀願にもかかわらず、その死刑囚は夜明けに絞首刑に処されることになっていた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To be executed by hanging.

More and more people went to the scaffold as the Terror tightened its grip.

goes to the scaffold

（ present singular third-person ）

going to the scaffold

（ participle present ）

went to the scaffold

（ past ）

gone to the scaffold

（ participle past ）