gibbet
US /ˈdʒɪb.ət/
UK /ˈdʒɪb.ɪt/
名詞
絞首台, さらし台
a gallows, especially one with a projecting arm from which the bodies of executed criminals were formerly hung in chains as a warning
例:
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The condemned man was led to the gibbet at dawn.
有罪判決を受けた男は夜明けに絞首台に連れて行かれた。
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Tales of highwaymen often include scenes near a gibbet.
追い剥ぎの物語には、しばしば絞首台の近くの場面が含まれる。
動詞
絞首台に吊るす
to hang (a body) on a gibbet
例:
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The authorities decided to gibbet the traitor's body as a warning.
当局は裏切り者の遺体を警告として絞首台に吊るすことを決定した。
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Historically, criminals were sometimes left to gibbet for days.
歴史的に、犯罪者は時に数日間絞首台に吊るされたままにされた。