gibbet
noun
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.
had gibbeted
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past perfectof gibbet.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Voltaire forgave his when he had gibbeted them in his writings.
From Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works by G. W. (George William) Foote
