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Meanings of
gibbet
in inglés
Alternative terms for gallows.
gallous
gallows tree
Expose to ridicule or public scorn.
pillory
Usage of
gibbet
in inglés
1
Well for him if the romance be not ended in the
gibbet
.
2
Our deliverance from the sea would have led but to the
gibbet
.
3
For him the
gibbet
,
and the crows to pick out his eyes.
4
To you the
gibbet
proves the crime, because you read not story.
5
Here is a man condemned to death; here is an idle
gibbet
.
6
The
gibbet
,
reared beside the fort, claimed its toll of their number.
7
Ser Ryman has made us a laughingstock with that
gibbet
of his.
8
The
gibbet
has only increased his glory and made him a martyr.'
9
And is this a crime worthy of the wheel or the
gibbet
?
10
In the center-on grass that was blackened and charred-stood a crude
gibbet
.
11
What can save you from the workhouse-mefrom the hulks or
gibbet
?
12
There was a
gibbet
in the courtyard, black and foreboding, but unoccupied.
13
No; they will not
gibbet
any of us to-day; and possibly not to-morrow.
14
Perhaps that would come later, when he was climbing the
gibbet
?
15
The
gibbet
stone was at the east end of the Market.
16
Nan was a cynical
flibberty
-
gibbet
;
it might not have been a happy union.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
gibbet
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
little gibbet
same gibbet
see the gibbet
erect a gibbet
gilded gibbet
More collocations
Gibbet
through the time
Gibbet
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common