Word for the Day – Gibbet

Gibbet

• Noun:
  1. gallows
  2. an upright post with a projecting arm for hanging the bodies of executed criminals as a warning
• Verb:
  1.  to expose to infamy or public scorn
  2. to put to death by hanging on a gibbet
• Synonyms:
  1. gallows
  2. pillory
• Usage:
  1.  The witch’s body was swinging in the wind from the gibbet for all to view.
• Encountered:
  1. While reading Victor Hugo’s Notre Dame

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