Wednesday
Jul292009
Le gibet by Ravel
20090729 at 11:00 This recording by Richard Walker is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
© Copyright Ann Hodgsongib⋅bet
/ˈdʒɪbɪt/ [jib-it] noun, verb, -bet⋅ed, -bet⋅ing.
-noun
1. a gallows with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of criminals were formerly hung in chains and left suspended after execution
Imagine a village surrounded by a high wall; outside the wall is a corpse hanging from a gibbet, twisting slowly. In the distance you hear a chuch bell ringing.
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ɪt/ [jib-it] noun, verb, -bet⋅ed, -bet⋅ing.