English to English
gibbet
('/dZ//I/b/I/t
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noun (n)
- alternative terms for gallows(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- hang on an execution instrument(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- To hang and expose on a gibbet.(verb)source: webster1913