Meaning of "gibbet" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GIBBET

From Old French gibet gallows, literally: little cudgel, from gibe cudgel; of uncertain origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GIBBET

gibbet  [ˈdʒɪbɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GIBBET

Gibbet is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb gibbet in English.

WHAT DOES GIBBET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gibbeting

A gibbet /ˈdʒɪbɪt/ is any instrument of public execution, but gibbeting refers to the use of a gallows-type structure from which the dead or dying bodies of executed criminals were hung on public display to deter other existing or potential criminals. In earlier times, up to the late 17th century, live gibbeting also took place, in which the condemned was placed alive in a metal cage and left to die of thirst. As well as referring to the gibbet as a device, the term gibbet may also be used to refer to the practice of placing a criminal on display within one. This practice is also called "hanging in chains".

Definition of gibbet in the English dictionary

The first definition of gibbet in the dictionary is a wooden structure resembling a gallows, from which the bodies of executed criminals were formerly hung to public view. Other definition of gibbet is a gallows. Gibbet is also to put to death by hanging on a gibbet.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GIBBET

PRESENT

Present

I gibbet

you gibbet

he/she/it gibbets

we gibbet

you gibbet

they gibbet

Present continuous

I am gibbeting

you are gibbeting

he/she/it is gibbeting

we are gibbeting

you are gibbeting

they are gibbeting

Present perfect

I have gibbeted

you have gibbeted

he/she/it has gibbeted

we have gibbeted

you have gibbeted

they have gibbeted

Present perfect continuous

I have been gibbeting

you have been gibbeting

he/she/it has been gibbeting

we have been gibbeting

you have been gibbeting

they have been gibbeting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I gibbeted

you gibbeted

he/she/it gibbeted

we gibbeted

you gibbeted

they gibbeted

Past continuous

I was gibbeting

you were gibbeting

he/she/it was gibbeting

we were gibbeting

you were gibbeting

they were gibbeting

Past perfect

I had gibbeted

you had gibbeted

he/she/it had gibbeted

we had gibbeted

you had gibbeted

they had gibbeted

Past perfect continuous

I had been gibbeting

you had been gibbeting

he/she/it had been gibbeting

we had been gibbeting

you had been gibbeting

they had been gibbeting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will gibbet

you will gibbet

he/she/it will gibbet

we will gibbet

you will gibbet

they will gibbet

Future continuous

I will be gibbeting

you will be gibbeting

he/she/it will be gibbeting

we will be gibbeting

you will be gibbeting

they will be gibbeting

Future perfect

I will have gibbeted

you will have gibbeted

he/she/it will have gibbeted

we will have gibbeted

you will have gibbeted

they will have gibbeted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been gibbeting

you will have been gibbeting

he/she/it will have been gibbeting

we will have been gibbeting

you will have been gibbeting

they will have been gibbeting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would gibbet

you would gibbet

he/she/it would gibbet

we would gibbet

you would gibbet

they would gibbet

Conditional continuous

I would be gibbeting

you would be gibbeting

he/she/it would be gibbeting

we would be gibbeting

you would be gibbeting

they would be gibbeting

Conditional perfect

I would have gibbet

you would have gibbet

he/she/it would have gibbet

we would have gibbet

you would have gibbet

they would have gibbet

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been gibbeting

you would have been gibbeting

he/she/it would have been gibbeting

we would have been gibbeting

you would have been gibbeting

they would have been gibbeting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you gibbet
we let´s gibbet
you gibbet

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to gibbet

Past participle

gibbeted

Present Participle

gibbeting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF GIBBET

Find out the translation of gibbet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of gibbet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gibbet» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 绞刑架
• Translator English - Spanish: patíbulo
• English: gibbet
• Translator English - Hindi: gibbet
• Translator English - Arabic: المشنقه
• Translator English - Russian: виселица
• Translator English - Portuguese: forca
• Translator English - Bengali: ফাঁসিকাঠ
• Translator English - French: gibet
• Translator English - Malay: Gibbet
• Translator English - German: Galgen
• Translator English - Japanese: 絞首台
• Translator English - Korean: 교수대
• Translator English - Javanese: Gibbet
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thắt cổ tội nhân
• Translator English - Tamil: gibbet
• Translator English - Marathi: गिबेट
• Translator English - Turkish: darağacı
• Translator English - Italian: forca
• Translator English - Polish: szubienica
• Translator English - Ukrainian: шибениця
• Translator English - Romanian: spânzurătoare
• Translator English - Greek: αγχόνης
• Translator English - Afrikaans: galg
• Translator English - Swedish: gibbet
• Translator English - Norwegian: gibbet

QUOTES WITH «GIBBET»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gibbet.

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Alice Morse Earle

The pillory and stocks, the gibbet, and even the whipping-post, have seen many a noble victim, many a martyr. But I cannot think any save the most ignoble criminals ever sat in a ducking-stool.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GIBBET»

Discover the use of gibbet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gibbet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Abbot's Gibbet

Michael Jecks. brother wore a broad grin which froze on his face when he caught sight of the knight. Jordan seemed to have to remind himself he was free now and no more thought of as a felon. He gave a curt nod, which Margaret saw ...

Michael Jecks, 2012

What a Way to Go: The Guillotine, the Pendulum, the Thousand ...

Halifax. Gibbet. FROM HELL, Hull and Halifax, good Lord deliver us!' runs the well' known phrase, as quoted from the Beggars' and Vagrants' Litany. Hell was feared for obvious reasons, Hull because, being well governed, tramps re' ceived  ...

Geoffrey Abbott, 2007

Wordsworth's Revisionary Aesthetics

The first suppression concerns the location of the gibbet which the boy Wordsworth supposedly encountered. In "An Unpublished Tour," one of several manuscripts linked to early versions of Wordsworth's Guide through the District of the Lakes ...

Theresa M. Kelley, 1988

The Death Penalty: an American history

The gibbet was rare enough in any given place that it was an object of curiosity, a magnet that drew spectators from all social classes and age groups. Jeremiah Bumstead of Boston described a pleasant 1724 outing in his diary: “My wife ...

Stuart BANNER, Stuart Banner, 2009

A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine

Origin of the Gibbet. Mr. Urban, iVhittington, Feb. 28. HAVING heard it asserted in conversation, that our laws knew nothing of the gibbet, but that it was left to the discretion of the judges to set the ignominious mark of hanging in irons upon the  ...

John Walker, 1811

Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art

W. P. Robertson mentions one Chilabar being shot, mangled, and hung upon a gibbet; — he adds, 'The Dictator, with his snuff-box in his hand, gazed from the window of his room on the bloody proceedings which went on before him.' This, we ...

‎1839

The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art

... with them, from their prison, the seeds of disease, which have ultimately conducted them to the grave as certainly as the gibbet or the wheel !" Our author next visits Cassel, and is naturally led to speak of the defunct kingdom of Westphalia.

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith, 1824

The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of ...

CB, the shaft or axle of the gibbet, with pivots and iron hoops at top and bottom, and a wheel of iron, y, having teeth perpendicular to its plane. This wheel is led by a pinion, u, which is on the axis of the wheel x, by whose arms a man standing  ...

‎1809

The Gentleman's Magazine

The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a ...

‎1736

Household Words: A Weekly Journal

GIBBET STREET. THE Ghetto is for the Jews, and the Faual for the Greek merchants, the Cannebiére for the Marseilles boatmen, and the Montague Sainte Genevieve for the rag-pickers. Holywell Street is for the old clothes vendors, Chancery ...

‎1856

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GIBBET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gibbet is used in the context of the following news items.

Another View: 5 myths about the French Revolution

What's more, similar devices had been developed centuries earlier, including the nearly identical “Halifax Gibbet” in West Yorkshire, England, ... «New Haven Register, Jul 15»

Kenilworth Road closure delayed after Whitley roadworks chaos

Warwickshire County Council has decided to delay the closure of Kenilworth Road between Gibbet Hill Road and Kenilworth for one week until ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»

10000 ways to remember Sheffield teen killed in Greece

The Embassy and Foxwood, Intake, holds a northern soul night from 8pm on Saturday and The Noose and Gibbet in Attercliffe has bands on ... «The Star, Jul 15»

Two found guilty after peaceful Warwick University protest turned sour

Officers were called to Senate House at the Gibbet Hill Road's central campus site shortly before 4.40pm on December 3 last year following ... «Coventry Observer, Jul 15»

MP says progress made on securing Government backing for key …

The single carriageway section of the A428 from Caxton Gibbet to St Neots and the Black Cat roundabout are regularly severely congested, ... «Hunts Post, Jul 15»

5 myths about the French Revolution

What's more, similar devices had been developed centuries earlier, including the nearly identical “Halifax Gibbet” in West Yorkshire, England, ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

Major Kenilworth road closure postponed for another week

The work by Severn Trent Water was originally due to start in January, but delayed to avoid adding to disruption from roadworks at Gibbet Hill ... «Leamington Courier, Jul 15»

A5 southbound closed due to accident

... Park (alternatively road users can take the A426 southbound from Lutterworth through Cotesbach and join the A5 at the Gibbet Roundabout). «Hinckley Times, Jul 15»

Analysis: Israeli-Egyptian coordination is working, but it's not enough

... and those who have been hit with a death sentence for their contribution to terror attacks had better not dream of escaping the gibbet. «i24news, Jul 15»

Cattle farmers are 'Raising the Steaks'

On April 13, the beef checkoff hosted 20 students from Bridgewater State University for a “Raising the Steaks” immersion event at Gibbet Hill ... «High Plains Journal, Jul 15»