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gibbet::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gallous, gallows-tree, gallows tree |
| Type of | gallows |
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A replica of the gibbet has been erected on the original site in Gibbet Street.
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As Wilkinson's planned execution never took place, the gibbet was never used.
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A gibbet was erected in Leicester as a warning, and was pulled down by the citizens.
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The gibbet was a foot in diameter with strong bars of iron up each side.
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On the orders of Lady Margaret Denny, they were all hanged from a gibbet.
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The gibbet on which crucifixion was carried out could be of many shapes.
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His plays were written in the shadow of the gibbet and the scaffold.
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The original gibbet blade is on display at Bankfield Museum, Halifax.
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The old building creaked as he swung the maple gibbet and lowered the monstrous stone into place.
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- Gallows tree: alternative terms for gallows
- Hang on an execution instrument
- Pillory: expose to ridicule or public scorn
- A gibbet is a gallows-type structure from which the dead bodies of executed criminals were hung on public display to deter other existing or potential criminals. To gibbet a criminal is to display the criminal on a gibbet. This practice is also called "hanging in chains".
- An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows; to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet; to expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn
- A cage for corpses of criminals to be displayed until they rotted, as well as a gallows.
- An iron cage designed specifically to display the bodies of executed criminals.
- Cage displaying the corpses of pirates in order to discourage piracy
- An upright post with a crosspiece, forming a T-shaped structure from which criminals were formerly hanged for public viewing.
