noun
scaffold; gallows; execution platform
Refers to the physical structure used for executions, especially by hanging or beheading. Often used in historical or dramatic contexts.
囚人は処刑台に連れて行かれた。
The prisoner was led to the scaffold.
中世の処刑台は広場に設置されていた。
Medieval gallows were set up in the square.
断頭台 is a guillotine or beheading platform, a specific type of 処刑台.
Compound of 処刑 (execution) and 台 (platform, stand).