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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : jib-it
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪb ɪt

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Définition of gibbet

Origin :
  • early 13c., "gallows," from Old French gibet "gallows; a bent stick," diminutive of gibe "club," perhaps from Frankish *gibb "forked stick." The verb meaning "to kill by hanging" is from 1590s. Related: Gibbeted; gibbeting. "Originally synonymous with GALLOWS sb., but in later use signifying an upright post with projecting arm from which the bodies of criminals were hung in chains or irons after execution" [OED].
  • As in gallows : noun place for hanging
  • As in choke : verb smother, block
  • As in hang : verb kill by suspension from a rope
Example sentences :
  • Long ago the cliff with its gibbet has been washed away by the sea.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
  • The gibbet remained for three years, and was then blown down in a gale.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
  • The gibbet was standing until the year 1850, when it was blown down.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
  • The body of Peare was not permitted to remain long on the gibbet.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
  • I avoided the gibbet which, however, should not have dishonored me as I should only have been hung.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Fire and gibbet had been mercilessly employed to destroy it.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
  • The gibbet and the fearful "estrapade" had not deterred them.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
  • But once a gibbet stood on Wapping Wharf, and pirates were hanged upon it.
  • Extract from : « Wappin' Wharf » by Charles S. Brooks
  • Patch: Nothin 's been right since that ol' lady hanged me ter a gibbet.
  • Extract from : « Wappin' Wharf » by Charles S. Brooks
  • Skull and Crossbones was too obvious, and my next choice was The Gibbet.
  • Extract from : « Wappin' Wharf » by Charles S. Brooks

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