gibbet
/ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/
gibbet noun: an upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
Noun
gibbet (plural gibbets)
- An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
- Near-synonym: gallows
- Thy Friends without the help of Prophecie, / Read Goals^([sic – meaning Gaols]) and Gibbets in thy Deſtiny; […]1702, [Daniel Defoe], “Part I”, in Reformation of Manners, a Satyr, [London]: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 22
- Synonyms:
- gallows
- The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
- Synonyms:
- jib
- A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
Verb
gibbet (third-person singular simple present gibbets, present participle gibbeting or gibbetting, simple past and past participle gibbeted or gibbetted)
- To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
- The same animal which hath the honour to have some part of his flesh eaten at the table of a duke, may perhaps be degraded in another part, and some of his limbs gibbeted, as it were, in the vilest stall in town. Where, then, lies the difference between the food of the nobleman and the porter, if...1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
- To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.
gibbet meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
gibbet in Tamil
- கொலைக் கம்பம், தூக்குக் கம்பம், கொலக்கம்பம், தூக்குமரம், தூக்கிடல்
gibbet in Urdu
- دار, سولی
gibbet in Bengali
- ফাঁসির মঞ্চ, শাস্তি স্তম্ভ
gibbet in Kannada
- ನೇಣುಗಂಬ, ಗಲ್ಲುಮರ, ಗಲ್ಲುಗಂಬ
Examples of gibbet in a sentence
- Why, your cavalier is a rebel—an exile, whose property is confiscated, and for whose neck the gibbet stands prepared!1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry...
- TUPOLSKI: A man wakes up in the iron gibbet he's been left to starve to death in.2003, Martin McDonagh, “Act One, Scene One”, in The Pillowman, →ISBN, pages 17-18:
Synonyms of gibbet
Forms of gibbet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gibbets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gibbets |
| present participle | gibbeting |
| present participle | gibbetting |
| past participle | gibbeted |
| past | gibbeted |
| past participle | gibbetted |
| past | gibbetted |
Origin of gibbet
From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).
Words formed from gibbet
Words that rhyme with gibbet
Questions about gibbet
- What does gibbet mean?
- Gibbet means an upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
- What is gibbet in Tamil?
- Gibbet in Tamil is கொலைக் கம்பம், தூக்குக் கம்பம், கொலக்கம்பம். See Gibbet meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use gibbet in a sentence?
- Why, your cavalier is a rebel—an exile, whose property is confiscated, and for whose neck the gibbet stands prepared!
- What part of speech is gibbet?
- Gibbet can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce gibbet?
- Gibbet is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/.
- What is the plural of gibbet?
- The plural of gibbet is gibbets.
Words near gibbet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gibbet (page history and authors); gibbet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gibbet (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gibbet (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gibbet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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