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Gibbet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A device used for hanging a person until dead; a gallows.

n. An upright post with a crosspiece, forming a T-shaped structure from which executed criminals were formerly hung for public viewing.

v. To execute by hanging on a gibbet.

v. To hang on a gibbet for public viewing.

v. To expose to infamy or public ridicule.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows.

v. To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.

v. To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain as a warning.

n. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

v. To hang and expose on a gibbet.

v. To expose to infamy; to blacken.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A kind of gallows; a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which malefactors were formerly hanged in chains; sometimes, as the famous gibbet of Montfaucon, near Paris, a considerable structure with numerous uprights of masonry, connected by several tiers of cross-beams, and with pits beneath it in which the remains were cast when they fell from the chains; hence, a gallows of any form.

n. The projecting beam of a crane which sustains the pulleys and the weight to be lifted; a jib.

n. A great cudgel, such as are thrown at trees to beat down the fruit.

To hang and expose on a gibbet or gallows; hang upon anything resembling a gibbet.

Figuratively, to set forth to public gaze; expose to ridicule, scorn, infamy, or the like.

n. An error for gigot, a shoulder of mutton.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. alternative terms for gallows

v. expose to ridicule or public scorn

v. hang on an execution instrument

Word Usage

"The gibbet is a balance with a man at one end and the whole world at the other."

Verb Form

gibbeted gibbeting gibbets gibbetted gibbetting

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

gallows expose display exhibit string up hang

Cross Reference

the year of the three gibbets halifax gibbet

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

blacken gallows patible cross rood

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

gallows pillory scaffold fagot gaol tumbril guillotine