1) French word used in English 2) Gallous 3) Gallows 4) Gallows tree 5) Gallows-tree 6) Hang on a 7) Instrument of execution
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1) Gallous 2) Gallows 3) Scaffold
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Chains or cages in which the rotting corpses of hung pirates are displayed in order to discourage piracy.
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an upright post with a projecting arm for hanging the bodies of executed criminals, clad in chains, as a warning to passersby.
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gallows
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• (n.) 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 asa warning. • (v. t.) To hang and expose on a gibbet. • (v. t.) To expose to infamy; to blacken. • (n.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is su...
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See gallows.
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1. 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 asa warning. ... 2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib. ... Origin: OE. Gibet, F. Gibet, in OF. Also club, fr. LL. Gibetum;; cf. OF. Gibe sort of s...
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a wooden frame from which dead pirates were hung, often in a metal cage especially fitted for the pirate, as a warning to any others who would think of taking up a career of piracy
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Gib'bet noun [ Middle English
gibet , French
gibet , in Old French also club, from Late Latin
gibetum ;; confer Old French
gibe sort of sickle or hook, Italian
giubbetto gibbet, and
giubbetta , dim. of
giubba mane, also, an under waistcoat, doublet, Pr...
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Gib'bet transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Gibbeted ;
present participle & verbal noun Gibbeting .]
1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
2. To expose to infamy; to blacken. « I'll
gibbet up his nam...
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A gibbet is a gallows for the hanging of criminals, especially gallows with an upright post and a horizontal arm from which the bodies of criminals were hung in chains.
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[
v] - hang on a gibbet
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a cage that was custom built to accommodate the bodies of executed pirates that was hung in public as a reminder of what happened to those who took up piracy
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verb hang on an execution instrument
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(cage) Chains in which the corpses of pirates are hung and displayed in order to discourage piracy.
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