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1. (n.) gibbet
a post with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of executed criminals were formerly hung in chains for public display.
2. gibbet
a gallows.
3. (v.t.) gibbet
to hang on a gibbet.
4. gibbet
to put to death by hanging on a gibbet.
5. gibbet
to hold up to public scorn.
Etymology: (1175–1225; < OF gibet (earlier, staff or cudgel), dim. of gibe staff, club)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet, gallous
alternative terms for gallows
2. (verb) gibbet
hang on an execution instrument
3. (verb) pillory, gibbet
expose to ridicule or public scorn
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) gibbet
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 asa warning
2. (noun) gibbet
the projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib
3. (verb) gibbet
to hang and expose on a gibbet
4. (verb) gibbet
to expose to infamy; to blacken
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Sense: a gallows in the shape C on which criminals used to be executed or hung up after execution.
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 Afrikaans: galg |
 Arabic: مِشْنَقَه |
 Bulgarian: бесило |
 Brazilian: forca |
 Czech: šibenice |
 German: der Galgen |
 Danish: galge |
 Greek: αγχόνη |
 Spanish: horca |
 Estonian: võllas |
 Farsi: صلابه؛ چوبه دار |
 Finnish: hirsipuu |
 French: gibet |
 Hebrew: עץ תלייה |
 Hindi: फांसी |
 Croatian: vješala |
 Hungarian: akasztófa |
 Indonesian: tiang gantungan |
 Icelandic: (aftöku)gálgi |
 Italian: forca |
 Japanese: 絞首台 |
 Korean: 교수대 |
 Lithuanian: kartuvės |
 Latvian: karātavas |
 Malay: tiang gantung |
 Dutch: galg |
 Norwegian: galge |
 Polish: szubienica |
 Persian: صلابه؛ چوبه دار |
 Pashto: يو دار چې دمجرمينومړى به |
 Portuguese: patíbulo |
 Romanian: spânzurătoare |
 Russian: виселица |
 Slovak: šibenica |
 Slovenian: vislice |
 Serbian: vešala |
 Swedish: galge |
 Thai: ตะแลงแกง; ที่แขวนคอนักโทษ |
 Turkish: darağacı |
 Taiwanese: 絞刑台 |
 Ukrainian: шибениця |
 Urdu: سولی |
 Vietnamese: giá treo cổ |
 Chinese: 绞刑架 |
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