English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of gibbet

gibbet

/noun/ फ़ांसी; सूली; उत्थंभ;
/verb/फांसी देना; फ़ांसी पर लटकाना; सूली देना; प्राणदंड देना;

Synonym gallows; noose; top up; punish capitally;

English Dictionary:

1. Gibbet

[n.]

- A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning.
- The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

2. Gibbet

[v. t.]

- To hang and expose on a gibbet.
- To expose to infamy; to blacken.