Definition of gibbet in English:

gibbet

nounPlural gibbets ˈdʒɪbɪtˈdʒɪbɪt

historical

1A gallows.
绞刑架，绞台
Example sentencesExamples
- A keen historian he also spent considerable time searching for items of historical interest and even managed to locate a gibbet from an old gallows from which a young Irish lad was hung in 1832.
- Opinion was running hot and heavy, and gibbets, nooses, electric chairs and lethal injections were topics featuring prominently.
- And the punishment was executed to perfection by the brave officer who pursued the blacks and killed some of them and captured the rest, to place them on the gallows and gibbets.
- As the three heretics walked to the gibbet, some young boys plunged sharp sticks through the cracks in the walkway.
- His crimes discovered, he was sentenced to be hanged from a gibbet which he himself had designed.
Synonyms
scaffold
1. 1.1 An upright post with an arm on which the bodies of executed criminals were left hanging as a warning or deterrent to others.
  绞刑尸体示众架
  Example sentencesExamples
  Just to prevent any dissent (and possibly to settle a question of geography), Columbus had his ship's carpenter fix a gibbet to the staff-rail of his ship and told his men that anyone who suggested that they were not in India would be hanged.
  He was tried in a kangaroo court and hanged, his corpse left to rot on the gibbet for four years.
  In 1796 the corpse of convicted murderer Francis Morgan was hung in chains from a gibbet as a sign to arriving convicts of their fate for bad behaviour.
  It was the custom then to hang a convicted man on the spot where he committed the crime, and then display the corpse on a gibbet beside the public highway.
  You can still see their bodies, swinging slowly on the gibbet outside, an example to all who would cross the Valley of Death.
2. 1.2the gibbet Execution by hanging.
  绞死，绞刑
  the four ringleaders were sentenced to the gibbet
  四个头目被处绞刑。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He called him a hero for whom ‘the gibbet has only increased his glory, and made him a martyr.’

verbgibbeted, gibbeting, gibbets ˈdʒɪbɪtˈdʒɪbɪt

[with object]historical

1Hang up (a body) on a gibbet.
将（尸体）吊上绞刑示众架
Example sentencesExamples
- Hangings were public affairs and sometimes the bodies were gibbeted - left on the noose after death as a sign of the consequences of crime.
Synonyms
execute by hanging, hang by the neck, send to the gallows, send to the gibbet, send to the scaffold, put to death
1. 1.1 Execute (someone) by hanging.
  将…在绞刑架上绞死，将…处以绞刑
  Example sentencesExamples
  Most of the city's residents turned out to watch the executioner gibbet, hang, or burn the convicted.
  Synonyms
  hanging, gibbeting
2. 1.2archaic Subject to ridicule and derision.
  poor Melbourne is gibbeted in The Times
  可怜的梅尔本遭到《泰晤士报》羞辱。

Origin

Middle English: from Old French gibet 'staff, cudgel, gallows', diminutive of gibe 'club, staff', probably of Germanic origin.

Rhymes

adhibit, exhibit, inhibit, prohibit

Definition of gibbet in US English:

gibbet

nounˈjibitˈdʒɪbɪt

historical

1A gallows.
绞刑架，绞台
Example sentencesExamples
- And the punishment was executed to perfection by the brave officer who pursued the blacks and killed some of them and captured the rest, to place them on the gallows and gibbets.
- His crimes discovered, he was sentenced to be hanged from a gibbet which he himself had designed.
- A keen historian he also spent considerable time searching for items of historical interest and even managed to locate a gibbet from an old gallows from which a young Irish lad was hung in 1832.
- As the three heretics walked to the gibbet, some young boys plunged sharp sticks through the cracks in the walkway.
- Opinion was running hot and heavy, and gibbets, nooses, electric chairs and lethal injections were topics featuring prominently.
Synonyms
scaffold
1. 1.1 An upright post with an arm on which the bodies of executed criminals were left hanging as a warning or deterrent to others.
  绞刑尸体示众架
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was tried in a kangaroo court and hanged, his corpse left to rot on the gibbet for four years.
  Just to prevent any dissent (and possibly to settle a question of geography), Columbus had his ship's carpenter fix a gibbet to the staff-rail of his ship and told his men that anyone who suggested that they were not in India would be hanged.
  It was the custom then to hang a convicted man on the spot where he committed the crime, and then display the corpse on a gibbet beside the public highway.
  You can still see their bodies, swinging slowly on the gibbet outside, an example to all who would cross the Valley of Death.
  In 1796 the corpse of convicted murderer Francis Morgan was hung in chains from a gibbet as a sign to arriving convicts of their fate for bad behaviour.
2. 1.2the gibbet Execution by hanging.
  绞死，绞刑
  the four ringleaders were sentenced to the gibbet
  四个头目被处绞刑。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He called him a hero for whom ‘the gibbet has only increased his glory, and made him a martyr.’

verbˈjibitˈdʒɪbɪt

[with object]historical

1Hang up (a body) on a gibbet.
将（尸体）吊上绞刑示众架
Example sentencesExamples
- Hangings were public affairs and sometimes the bodies were gibbeted - left on the noose after death as a sign of the consequences of crime.
Synonyms
execute by hanging, hang by the neck, send to the gallows, send to the gibbet, send to the scaffold, put to death
1. 1.1 Execute (someone) by hanging.
  将…在绞刑架上绞死，将…处以绞刑
  Example sentencesExamples
  Most of the city's residents turned out to watch the executioner gibbet, hang, or burn the convicted.
  Synonyms
  hanging, gibbeting
2. 1.2archaic Hold up to contempt.
  〈古，喻〉使当众受辱
  poor Melbourne is gibbeted in The Times
  可怜的梅尔本遭到《泰晤士报》羞辱。

Origin

Middle English: from Old French gibet ‘staff, cudgel, gallows’, diminutive of gibe ‘club, staff’, probably of Germanic origin.

词汇	gibbet
释义	Definition of gibbet in English: gibbet nounPlural gibbets ˈdʒɪbɪtˈdʒɪbɪt historical 1A gallows. 绞刑架，绞台 Example sentencesExamples A keen historian he also spent considerable time searching for items of historical interest and even managed to locate a gibbet from an old gallows from which a young Irish lad was hung in 1832. Opinion was running hot and heavy, and gibbets, nooses, electric chairs and lethal injections were topics featuring prominently. And the punishment was executed to perfection by the brave officer who pursued the blacks and killed some of them and captured the rest, to place them on the gallows and gibbets. As the three heretics walked to the gibbet, some young boys plunged sharp sticks through the cracks in the walkway. His crimes discovered, he was sentenced to be hanged from a gibbet which he himself had designed. Synonyms scaffold 1.1 An upright post with an arm on which the bodies of executed criminals were left hanging as a warning or deterrent to others. 绞刑尸体示众架 Example sentencesExamples Just to prevent any dissent (and possibly to settle a question of geography), Columbus had his ship's carpenter fix a gibbet to the staff-rail of his ship and told his men that anyone who suggested that they were not in India would be hanged. He was tried in a kangaroo court and hanged, his corpse left to rot on the gibbet for four years. In 1796 the corpse of convicted murderer Francis Morgan was hung in chains from a gibbet as a sign to arriving convicts of their fate for bad behaviour. It was the custom then to hang a convicted man on the spot where he committed the crime, and then display the corpse on a gibbet beside the public highway. You can still see their bodies, swinging slowly on the gibbet outside, an example to all who would cross the Valley of Death. 1.2the gibbet Execution by hanging. 绞死，绞刑 the four ringleaders were sentenced to the gibbet 四个头目被处绞刑。 Example sentencesExamples He called him a hero for whom ‘the gibbet has only increased his glory, and made him a martyr.’ verbgibbeted, gibbeting, gibbets ˈdʒɪbɪtˈdʒɪbɪt [with object]historical 1Hang up (a body) on a gibbet. 将（尸体）吊上绞刑示众架 Example sentencesExamples Hangings were public affairs and sometimes the bodies were gibbeted - left on the noose after death as a sign of the consequences of crime. Synonyms execute by hanging, hang by the neck, send to the gallows, send to the gibbet, send to the scaffold, put to death 1.1 Execute (someone) by hanging. 将…在绞刑架上绞死，将…处以绞刑 Example sentencesExamples Most of the city's residents turned out to watch the executioner gibbet, hang, or burn the convicted. Synonyms hanging, gibbeting 1.2archaic Subject to ridicule and derision. poor Melbourne is gibbeted in The Times 可怜的梅尔本遭到《泰晤士报》羞辱。 Origin Middle English: from Old French gibet 'staff, cudgel, gallows', diminutive of gibe 'club, staff', probably of Germanic origin. Rhymes adhibit, exhibit, inhibit, prohibit Definition of gibbet in US English: gibbet nounˈjibitˈdʒɪbɪt historical 1A gallows. 绞刑架，绞台 Example sentencesExamples And the punishment was executed to perfection by the brave officer who pursued the blacks and killed some of them and captured the rest, to place them on the gallows and gibbets. His crimes discovered, he was sentenced to be hanged from a gibbet which he himself had designed. A keen historian he also spent considerable time searching for items of historical interest and even managed to locate a gibbet from an old gallows from which a young Irish lad was hung in 1832. As the three heretics walked to the gibbet, some young boys plunged sharp sticks through the cracks in the walkway. Opinion was running hot and heavy, and gibbets, nooses, electric chairs and lethal injections were topics featuring prominently. Synonyms scaffold 1.1 An upright post with an arm on which the bodies of executed criminals were left hanging as a warning or deterrent to others. 绞刑尸体示众架 Example sentencesExamples He was tried in a kangaroo court and hanged, his corpse left to rot on the gibbet for four years. Just to prevent any dissent (and possibly to settle a question of geography), Columbus had his ship's carpenter fix a gibbet to the staff-rail of his ship and told his men that anyone who suggested that they were not in India would be hanged. It was the custom then to hang a convicted man on the spot where he committed the crime, and then display the corpse on a gibbet beside the public highway. You can still see their bodies, swinging slowly on the gibbet outside, an example to all who would cross the Valley of Death. In 1796 the corpse of convicted murderer Francis Morgan was hung in chains from a gibbet as a sign to arriving convicts of their fate for bad behaviour. 1.2the gibbet Execution by hanging. 绞死，绞刑 the four ringleaders were sentenced to the gibbet 四个头目被处绞刑。 Example sentencesExamples He called him a hero for whom ‘the gibbet has only increased his glory, and made him a martyr.’ verbˈjibitˈdʒɪbɪt [with object]historical 1Hang up (a body) on a gibbet. 将（尸体）吊上绞刑示众架 Example sentencesExamples Hangings were public affairs and sometimes the bodies were gibbeted - left on the noose after death as a sign of the consequences of crime. Synonyms execute by hanging, hang by the neck, send to the gallows, send to the gibbet, send to the scaffold, put to death 1.1 Execute (someone) by hanging. 将…在绞刑架上绞死，将…处以绞刑 Example sentencesExamples Most of the city's residents turned out to watch the executioner gibbet, hang, or burn the convicted. Synonyms hanging, gibbeting 1.2archaic Hold up to contempt. 〈古，喻〉使当众受辱 poor Melbourne is gibbeted in The Times 可怜的梅尔本遭到《泰晤士报》羞辱。 Origin Middle English: from Old French gibet ‘staff, cudgel, gallows’, diminutive of gibe ‘club, staff’, probably of Germanic origin.
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