Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
gibbet .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
gibbet + -like
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word gibbetlike.
Examples
-
Lombardy poplars, with their gibbetlike erectness, bordered the roads and intersected them with mathematical shadows; here and there rose a feathery elm or a maple of wide-branched beauty.
Life at High Tide Henry Mills Alden 1877
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.