gābălus, i, m. [an old Germ. word, i. q. the modern Gabel (fork); hence, as an instrument of punishment], a kind of gallows (syn.: furca, patibulum, crux).
I Lit.: in gabalum aliquem suffigere, Varr. ap. Non. 117, 15.—*
II Transf., as a term of reproach, gallows-bird , hang-dog , Macrin. ap. Capit. Macrin. 11.