gibbet
noun[C]
uk/ˈdʒɪb.ɪt/us/ˈdʒɪb.ət/awoodenstructurefrom whichcriminalswerehanged, in the past, as aformofexecution(=killingas apunishment)
（旧时的）绞刑架Compare
gallows
Death penalties
- behead
- boots on the groundidiom
- burn
- capital punishment
- chair
- condemn
- condemnsomeoneto (do)something
- crucify
- death sentence
- death warrant
- decapitate
- decapitation
- firing squad
- gas chamber
- guillotine
- hang
- hanging
- hangman
- stake
- the electric chair