Word
Gibbet
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
gib-bet
Definition
- 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.
- n. - The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is
suspended; the jib.
- v. t. - To hang and expose on a gibbet.
- v. t. - To expose to infamy; to blacken.
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