gibbet
n. 絞刑架,絞臺
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絞刑架上,然後豎起來,成為鬆弛的 、 胎兒一般的姿勢.
The criminals were hanged on the gibbet.
罪犯被推上絞架吊死.
Here you turn, and lo ! a gibbet!
您轉過來一看呀! 是給您一具絞刑架!
We're that near the gibbet that my neck's stiff with thinking on it.
我們離上絞架的日子不遠了,我一想到這一點連脖子都會發硬.
Another example comes complete with a picture of a gibbet and dangling corpse.
另一個例子則完全是一副絞刑架和一具搖晃的屍體.