Gibbet
in example sentence
A ladder had, in fact, been raised up against the permanent
gibbet
, and the hangman's assistant was busying himself with adjusting the chains which had been rusted by the rain.
More example sentences with word gibbet
However, the powerful closing scene of Marie - prematurely old and broken - ascending the
gibbet
with memories of her girlish fancies ("Think of it!
Finally, it gave way and was hoisted above the crowds, twisting slowly, as if from a
gibbet.
The distance in the manner of the English officer vanished, and taking the offered hand of the other, he replied with warmth, "Your generous confidence, Peyton, will not be abused, even though the
gibbet
on which your Washington hung Andre be ready for my own execution."
But I have seen the
gibbet
raised, when no place of refuge offered.
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