gibbet

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for gibbet

gibbet 🔊

gibbet : ප්‍රසිද්ධියේ දොස් කියනවා

gibbet : තුනැසිය

gibbet definition

Noun.

  1. 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 asa warning.
  2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

Transitive verb.

  1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
  2. To expose to infamy; to blacken.