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gibbet

გამოთქმა: /ˈdʒɪbɪt/

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Universal
  • a gallows.
  • an upright post with an arm on which the bodies of executed criminals were left hanging as a warning or deterrent to others.
  • (the gibbet) execution by hanging:the four ringleaders were sentenced to the gibbet

ზმნა

Universal
  • hang up (a body) on a gibbet.
  • execute (someone) by hanging.
  • archaic subject to ridicule and derision:poor Melbourne is gibbeted in The Times

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