gibbet
n. 绞刑架,绞台
A gibbet is a gallows .
1. instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging
1. hang on an execution instrument
2. expose to ridicule or public scorn
He was probably put on a gibbet and made to stand in a loose, foetal position.
他可能是被放在原木的绞刑架上,然后竖起来,成为松弛的 、 胎儿一般的姿势.
The criminals were hanged on the gibbet.
罪犯被推上绞架吊死.
Here you turn, and lo ! a gibbet!
您转过来一看呀! 是给您一具绞刑架!
We're that near the gibbet that my neck's stiff with thinking on it.
我们离上绞架的日子不远了,我一想到这一点连脖子都会发硬.
Another example comes complete with a picture of a gibbet and dangling corpse.
另一个例子则完全是一副绞刑架和一具摇晃的尸体.