gibbet
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2. darağacı.
3. asmak.
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8. rezil etmek.
9. darağaç.
10. teşhir etmek.
Tanımlar :
1.
A device used for hanging a person until dead; a gallows.
2. an upright post with a crosspiece, forming a T-shaped structure from which executed criminals were formerly hung for public viewing.
3. to execute by hanging on a gibbet.
4. to hang on a gibbet for public viewing.
5. to expose to infamy or public ridicule.
2. an upright post with a crosspiece, forming a T-shaped structure from which executed criminals were formerly hung for public viewing.
3. to execute by hanging on a gibbet.
4. to hang on a gibbet for public viewing.
5. to expose to infamy or public ridicule.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
an upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows.
2. to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
3. to expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.
2. to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
3. to expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
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 as a warning.
2. the projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
3. to hang and expose on a gibbet.
4. to expose to infamy; to blacken.
2. the projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
3. to hang and expose on a gibbet.
4. to expose to infamy; to blacken.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
to hang and expose on a gibbet or gallows; hang upon anything resembling a gibbet.
2. figuratively, to set forth to public gaze; expose to ridicule, scorn, infamy, or the like.
3. A kind of gallows; a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which malefactors were formerly hanged in chains; sometimes, as the famous gibbet of Montfaucon, near paris, a considerable structure with numerous uprights of masonry, connected by several tiers of cross-beams, and with pits beneath it in which the remains were cast when they fell from the chains; hence, a gallows of any form.
4. the projecting beam of a crane which sustains the pulleys and the weight to be lifted; a jib.
5. A great cudgel, such as are thrown at trees to beat down the fruit.
6. an error for gigot, a shoulder of mutton.
2. figuratively, to set forth to public gaze; expose to ridicule, scorn, infamy, or the like.
3. A kind of gallows; a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which malefactors were formerly hanged in chains; sometimes, as the famous gibbet of Montfaucon, near paris, a considerable structure with numerous uprights of masonry, connected by several tiers of cross-beams, and with pits beneath it in which the remains were cast when they fell from the chains; hence, a gallows of any form.
4. the projecting beam of a crane which sustains the pulleys and the weight to be lifted; a jib.
5. A great cudgel, such as are thrown at trees to beat down the fruit.
6. an error for gigot, a shoulder of mutton.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia