| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,795,596,180 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
gibbet |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Legal, Wikipedia, Hutchinson | 0.02 sec. |
|
gibbet a. a wooden structure resembling a gallows, from which the bodies of executed criminals were formerly hung to public view b. a gallows How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in classic literature | |
|---|---|---|
And he took the gibbet and shaped it out as neatly as possible. We're that near the gibbet that my neck's stiff with thinking on it. We cannot take upon ourselves to say whether, through the almost imperceptible chink of the shutter, the young man witnessed the conclusion of this shocking scene; but at the very moment when they were hanging the two martyrs on the gibbet he passed through the terrible mob, which was too much absorbed in the task, so grateful to its taste, to take any notice of him, and thus he reached unobserved the Tol-Hek, which was still closed. |
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|