gibbet
/ˈdʒɪbɪt/
noun
- A wooden structure like a gallows, used in the past to hang criminals or display their bodies after execution as a warning.
- The museum had a model of a gibbet showing how it was used in medieval times.
- The old gibbet stood on the hill, a grim reminder of past punishments.
- In history class, we learned about the gibbet used to display the bodies of pirates.
verb
- To hang someone on a gibbet or display their body on one.
- They threatened to gibbet any thief caught stealing from the royal treasury.
- The authorities decided to gibbet the outlaw as a warning to others.
- In the story, the king ordered his soldiers to gibbet the traitor.