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Definition gibbet

Etymology

From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).

Noun

gibbet (plural gibbets)

1. An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
3. A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.

Verb

gibbet (third-person singular simple present gibbets, present participle gibbeting or gibbetting, simple past and past participle gibbeted or gibbetted)

1. (transitive) To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
2. (transitive) To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.

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