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# gibbet

noun (gibbet, gibbets)

«gibbet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) A gibbet was a wooden frame on which a criminal was hanged, and the body was left there to be seen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbet/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old stories, a gibbet stands outside a town as a warning to people

### Examples

- A gibbet stood on the hill above the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbet/#x1)
- The thief was hung on the gibbet for all to see. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbet/#x2)
- Crows sat on the gibbet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbet/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gibbet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gibbet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gibbet.html) on Mova free.