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
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.