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Word: Gibbet
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French gibet ‘staff, cudgel, gallows’, diminutive of gibe ‘club, staff’, probably of Germanic origin
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdʒɪbɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a gallows.
Short Definition:gallows
Word: Gibbet
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdʒɪbɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
hang up (a body) on a gibbet.
Short Definition:hang body on gibbet
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