gibbet in English
- gibbet⇄gibbet, noun, verb, -beted,-beting.
- gibbet⇄noun 1. an upright post with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of criminals were in former times hung after execution.
2. gallows. - gibbet⇄v.t. 1. to hang on a gibbet.
2. (Figurative.) to hold up to public scorn or ridicule.
Ex. Was he to be gibbeted in the press? (Anthony Trollope).
3. to put to death by hanging.
gibbet in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
gibbet in Sindhi سنڌي
gibbet in Telugu తెలుగు
gibbet in Urdu اُردُو
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