Associations to the word «Gibbet»
Noun
- Execution
- Criminal
- Cage
- Chain
- Body
- Gallows
- Murder
- Hill
- Executioner
- Scaffold
- Corpse
- Hang
- Halifax
- Crucifixion
- Rack
- Murderer
- Robber
- Dungeon
- Dangling
- Grease
- Hanging
- Rope
- Wretch
- Bayonet
- Skipper
- Rot
- Traitor
- Sow
- Axe
- Raoul
- Stake
- Treason
- Treachery
- Maiden
- Coffin
- Cornelius
- Iron
- Pirate
- Torture
- Glancing
- Hu
- Display
- Morrow
- Warwick
- Babe
- Crow
- Mob
- Hound
- Cart
- Doom
- Skeleton
- Depiction
- Punishment
- Benedict
- Breeze
- Cord
- Archer
- Sight
- Sword
- Terror
- Witch
- Crime
- Neck
- Sentence
- Theft
- Flame
- Emily
- Prisoner
- Horror
Adjective
Wiktionary
GIBBET, noun. An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows.
GIBBET, noun. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
GIBBET, verb. (transitive) To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
GIBBET, verb. (transitive) To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.
Dictionary definition
GIBBET, noun. Alternative terms for gallows.
GIBBET, verb. Hang on an execution instrument.
GIBBET, verb. Expose to ridicule or public scorn.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.