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gibbet
[ jib-it ]
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.
verb (used with object)
, gib·bet·ed, gib·bet·ing.
- to hang on a gibbet.
- to put to death by hanging on a gibbet.
- to hold up to public scorn.
gibbet
/ ˈdʒɪbɪt /
noun
- a wooden structure resembling a gallows, from which the bodies of executed criminals were formerly hung to public view
- a gallows
verb
- to put to death by hanging on a gibbet
- to hang (a corpse) on a gibbet
- to expose to public ridicule
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gibbet1
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French gibet (earlier, staff or cudgel), diminutive of gibe staff, club
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gibbet1
C13: from Old French gibet gallows, literally: little cudgel, from gibe cudgel; of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences
For years afterwards the place was known as Gibbet Hill, and, indeed, the country folk still speak of it by that name.
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It was regarded with a loathing and abhorrence more intense than that in which the felons gibbet is held to-day.
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From the gibbet that rose over the western branch of the road three corpses hung by the neck.
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That massive pile of stones bore at its top four iron forks fastened at right angles, gibbet-shaped.
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The latter stopped first before the iron gibbet that terminated in a carcan.
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