Gibbet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gibbet is a noun meaning An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
Meaning
An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
More Meanings
- The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
- A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
- (transitive) To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
- (transitive) To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.
Example Sentences
Near-synonym: gallows
Thy Friends without the help of Prophecie, / Read Goals^([sic – meaning Gaols]) and Gibbets in thy Deſtiny; […]
Why, your cavalier is a rebel—an exile, whose property is confiscated, and for whose neck the gibbet stands prepared!
No, had every Commandment but a Gibbet belonging to it, I ſhould not have had four King's Evidences to-day ſwear impudently I was a Papiſt, when I was never at Maſs yet ſince I was born, nor indeed at any other Worſhip theſe twenty Years.
Word Forms
- gibbets
- gibbeting
- gibbetting
- gibbeted
- gibbetted
Synonyms for gibbet
Depending on context, synonyms include gallows, jib, pillory, gallous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gallows, pillory, gallous, gibbetting, cross, crucifixion.
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