hanging in chains

A method of execution by which one is suspended from a gibbet (a wooden structure similar to a gallows) in chains for public viewing. Also called "gibbeting." I am so glad to live in the modern age when I hear about bygone punishments like hanging in chains. Saying so much as a word against the king was enough to have one left hanging in chains.

词组	hanging in chains
释义	hanging in chains hanging in chains A method of execution by which one is suspended from a gibbet (a wooden structure similar to a gallows) in chains for public viewing. Also called "gibbeting." I am so glad to live in the modern age when I hear about bygone punishments like hanging in chains. Saying so much as a word against the king was enough to have one left hanging in chains. See also: chain, hanging Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: Am I glad to see you! (boy,) am I glad to see you! be glad to see the back of (someone or something) be glad to see the back of someone or something be glad, etc. to see the back of somebody/something so glad you could come (I'm) (so) glad you could come glad (I'm) (very) glad to meet you
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