Gibbet

Gibbet, a sort of gallows on which the bodies of criminals who had been guilty of particularly atrocious crimes were by order of the courts of justice suspended after execution, encased in an iron frame, near the spot where the crime was committed. This was done for the purpose of striking terror into the evil-minded, and of affording 'a comfortable sight to the relations and friends of the deceased.' The practice, first recognised by law in 1752, was finally abolished in 1834.