gibbet

Example Sentences

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"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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Well beyond the gibbet, two men in mail hauberks stood leaning on their spears in front of the long low building by the water, the one with the slate roof.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin