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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Gibbet

· Gib·bet · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/
01 n. A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bo…
  1. 1.
    A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain as a warning.
  2. 2.
    The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
02 v. t. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbeting
  1. 1.
    To hang and expose on a gibbet.
  2. 2.
    To expose to infamy; to blacken.
    “I'll gibbet up his name.” — Oldham.