gibbet
a gallows with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of criminals were formerly hung in chains and left suspended after execution.
to hang on a gibbet.
to put to death by hanging on a gibbet.
to hold up to public scorn.
Origin of gibbet
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How to use gibbet in a sentence
For years afterwards the place was known as gibbet Hill, and, indeed, the country folk still speak of it by that name.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperIt was regarded with a loathing and abhorrence more intense than that in which the felons gibbet is held to-day.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowFrom the gibbet that rose over the western branch of the road three corpses hung by the neck.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueThat massive pile of stones bore at its top four iron forks fastened at right angles, gibbet-shaped.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueThe latter stopped first before the iron gibbet that terminated in a carcan.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for gibbet
/ (ˈdʒɪbɪt) /
a wooden structure resembling a gallows, from which the bodies of executed criminals were formerly hung to public view
a gallows
to put to death by hanging on a gibbet
to hang (a corpse) on a gibbet
to expose to public ridicule
Origin of gibbet
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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