(in the past 旧时 a wooden structure on which criminals were hanged 绞刑架；绞台 (in the past 旧时 a wooden structure on which the bodies of criminals were left hanging as a warning to others 绞刑架；绞台
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French gibet ‘staff, cudgel, gallows’, diminutive of gibe ‘club, staff’, probably of Germanic origin.