Sinhala Dictionary definitions for gibbet
gibbet 🔊
gibbet : ප්රසිද්ධියේ දොස් කියනවා
gibbet : තුනැසිය
gibbet definition
Noun.
- 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.
- The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
Transitive verb.
- To hang and expose on a gibbet.
- To expose to infamy; to blacken.