Gibbet

What do we mean by gibbet?

A device used for hanging a person until dead; a gallows. noun

An upright post with a crosspiece, forming a T-shaped structure from which executed criminals were formerly hung for public viewing. noun

To execute by hanging on a gibbet. transitive verb

To hang on a gibbet for public viewing. transitive verb

To expose to infamy or public ridicule. transitive verb

An error for gigot, a shoulder of mutton. noun

To hang and expose on a gibbet or gallows; hang upon anything resembling a gibbet.

Figuratively, to set forth to public gaze; expose to ridicule, scorn, infamy, or the like.

A kind of gallows; a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which malefactors were formerly hanged in chains; sometimes, as the famous gibbet of Montfaucon, near Paris, a considerable structure with numerous uprights of masonry, connected by several tiers of cross-beams, and with pits beneath it in which the remains were cast when they fell from the chains; hence, a gallows of any form. noun

The projecting beam of a crane which sustains the pulleys and the weight to be lifted; a jib. noun

A great cudgel, such as are thrown at trees to beat down the fruit. noun

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

The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib. noun

To hang and expose on a gibbet. transitive verb

To expose to infamy; to blacken. transitive verb

An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows. noun

To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet. verb

To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn. verb

Alternative terms for gallows noun

An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.

The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.

Words that are spelled similarly to gibbet:
gibbet, gibber, giblet, gobbet, gibbed, gibet.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word gibbet:
rath, gallows, combe, guillotine, overton, hanged, cage, halifax, punch, execution, hanging, hill, stake, erected, hung, massacre, rebels, warning, mill, executed, punishment, bodies, lane, display, murder, stands, campus, junction, foot, jesus, crossing, crime, derived, buried, wood, refers, bowl, walls, parish, body, iron, stone, post, close, letter, site, cross, museum.

Words that rhyme with gibbet:
zibet, a bit, thibet, gibit, rub it, ca but, club but, club hit, club hut, club it, dub it, grub it, hub but, le but, maharaja but, maharashtra but, pub but, pub it, scrub but, scrub it, shrub but, shrub it, snub it, stub it, sub it, tub but.

Adjectives that are often used to describe gibbet:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective gibbet:
island, law, foot, trees, rath, part, timber, post, scene, dangle, view, mast, hundreds, creature, probable, arm, hill, tree, thief.

Consonant match to gibbet:
jabot, jubate, gibit, jab it, jaw but, jew but, job but, job et, job it, job ought, jobe et, jobete, joe but.

Words that sound like gibbet:
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