Gibbet vs. Pillory — What's the Difference?

A device used for hanging a person until dead; a gallows.

The pillory is a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse. The pillory is related to the stocks.

An upright post with a crosspiece, forming a T-shaped structure from which executed criminals were formerly hung for public viewing.

A wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment.

To execute by hanging on a gibbet.

To expose to ridicule and abuse.

To hang on a gibbet for public viewing.

To put in a pillory as punishment.

To expose to infamy or public ridicule.

A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display. Category:en:Capital punishment

(transitive) To put in a pillory.

The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

(transitive) To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.

A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.

(transitive) To criticize harshly.

(transitive) To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.

A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.

(transitive) To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.

To set in, or punish with, the pillory.

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 as a warning.

Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.

The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

A wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn

To hang and expose on a gibbet.

Expose to ridicule or public scorn

To expose to infamy; to blacken.

Punish by putting in a pillory

Instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging

Criticize harshly or violently;

Hang on an execution instrument

Expose to ridicule or public scorn