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gibbet
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[ noun ] instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging
Synonyms Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Burial had taken_place at night in the ground at the public crossroads under the gibbet , so that his enemies could not find his body and have it dug_up and burned . Related terms |
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