gibbet

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Generations of school children across Halifax are taught the history of its gibbet but a few years ago it fell over due to rot.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2014

"It fell down, I was nearby and I felt it was important," said Mr Haddock, whose offices sit opposite the gibbet site.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2014

The rig looked like a gibbet, nailed to the white railing fence of the newly opened Branchdale Racing Park near Holly Hill.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Berault mounts the gibbet, the frame cuts off six steps.

From Time Magazine Archive

He took the road for Cambridge, crossing desolate Charlestown Common with its salt marshes, clay pits, gallows, and gibbet.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes