gibbet

English - Turkish

Definition of gibbet in English Turkish dictionary

darağacı

teşhir etmek

maçuna kolu

vinç kolu

{f} kirli çamaşırlarını ortaya çıkarmak

{f} asmak

{i} idam sehpası

{f} rezil etmek

{f} idam etmek

darağaç

English - English

Definition of gibbet in English English dictionary

to expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn

an upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows

to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet

{v} to hang and expose on a gallows

{n} a gallows to expose criminals

To expose to infamy; to blacken

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 as a warning

The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib

instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging

{f} execute by hanging on a gallows; hang on a gallows; expose to ridicule

hang on an execution instrument

To hang and expose on a gibbet

A gibbet is a gallows. a wooden frame on which criminals were hanged in the past with a rope around their neck = gallows (gibet, from gibe )

expose to ridicule or public scorn

{i} gallows

Related Terms

The gibbet

fork

gibbets

plural of gibbet

Hyphenation

gib·bet

Synonyms

gallows

Etymology

() From Old French gibet (Modern French gibet), either from Frankish gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).Le Robert pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française, Janvier 2004, p. 520

Tenses

gibbets, gibbeting, gibbetted