gibbetn. structure from which the body of a hangedcriminal was hung until it rotted絞刑示眾架。
△1H.IV4.2.39(36): “A mad fellow met me on the way andtold me I had unloaded all the gibbets and pressed thedead bodies.”一個瘋瘋癲癲的家伙在路上碰見我，說我一定是把絞架上的死人都卸下來拉來當兵了。
gibbetvb. gibbet on: ?hang on the gibbet(=yoke)吊在扁擔上。
?hoist with the gibbet ( = crane) 用吊鉤吊起。
△2H.IV.3.2.284(263): “come off and on swifterthan he that gibbets on the brewer’s bucket.”把槍端起和放下，比人用吊鉤把兩只啤酒桶吊上扁擔兩頭還要快。 |