单词 | gibbeted |
释义 | > as lemmasˈgibbeted ˈgibbeted adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [adjective] > hanged yhongeOE hanged1470 patibulated1656 gibbeted1756 neckclothed1825 sus. per coll.1827 1756 F. Brooke et al. in Old Maid 24, 141 Thus I hung suspended in the air..a terrible gibbeted example of curiosity. 1825 W. Scott Talisman i, in Tales Crusaders IV. 12 I shall be a gibbetted and dishonoured corse. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. v. 218 Your road horribly decked with gibbeted thieves swinging aloft. 1875 W. Houghton Sketches Brit. Insects 105 Stomachs of the gibbeted moles. < as lemmas |
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