The history of Gibbeting is the story of one of Britain's most brutal forms of punishments, the hanging of criminals in a body shaped metal cage as a .... ... Gibbeting was often a rowdy and carnivalesque occasion ... Gibbeting.
© The Author(s) 2017. S. Tarlow, The Golden and Ghoulish Age of the Gibbet in .... gibbet Add to list Share.
/ˈdʒɪbɪt/. IPA guide. Other forms: gibbets; gibbeted; Gibbeting; gibbetted. A gibbet is a structure that's used to execute criminals ....
Synonyms for Gibbeting: scolding, blaming, criticizing, upbraiding, berating, pillorying, reprehending, lashing; Antonyms of Gibbeting: approving, .... Gibbet, a primitive form of gallows.
It was a custom at one time—though not part of the legal sentence—to hang the body of an executed criminal in chains..