Tyburn

English

Proper noun

Tyburn

1. (historical) A village in Middlesex, England where public hangings were carried out until 1783.
   • 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:

     Unthryftynes in hym may well be shewed, / For whome Tyborne groneth both daye and nyghte.

Derived terms

• Tyburnia
• Tyburnian
• Tyburn ticket
• Tyburn tippet
• Tyburn tree