† gibbetationn.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of gibbeting.
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hanginga1300
hangmentc1440
gallows1483
gibbet1502
Tyburn checka1529
Tyburn stretch1573
caudle of hempseed1588
hempen caudle1588
swinging1591
rope law1592
rope-leap1611
cording1619
turn1631
nubbing1673
cravatting1683
gibbetation1689
topping1699
Tyburn jig1699
noosing1819
scragging1819
Tyburn tie1828
Newgate hornpipe1829
dance upon nothing1841
drop1887
suspension1909
1689 in Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) IV. cii. 412 I, George Jeffreys, being in sound and perfect memory, of high commissions..gibitations, barbarity, butchery, etc., do make my last will.
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