Meaning & use
gibbet
A gallows-like structure historically used to publicly display the bodies of executed criminals as a warning.
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The traveler passed a gibbet standing at the crossroads outside the old town.
Historians described how a gibbet was once used to deter highway robbery in that region.
A note on using this word
Gibbet is now purely historical, appearing mainly in accounts of earlier centuries rather than modern usage.
Words with a similar meaning
gallows
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