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# gibbet

«gibbet» in Mova's school dictionary: **A gibbet was a wooden frame on which a criminal was…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (gibbet, gibbets)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) A gibbet was a wooden frame on which a criminal was hanged, and the body was left there to be seen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbet/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories, a gibbet stands outside a town as a warning to people

### examples

- A gibbet stood on the hill above the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbet/#x1)
- The thief was hung on the gibbet for all to see. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbet/#x2)
- Crows sat on the gibbet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbet/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gibbet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gibbet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.