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Gibbet
ˈdʒɪbɪt
Gibbet definitions
noun
gibbet
gibbets
- a gallows
- an upright post with an arm on which the bodies of executed criminals were left hanging as a warning or deterrent to others
- execution by hanging
"the four ringleaders were sentenced to the gibbet"
verb
gibbets
gibbeting
gibbeted
gibbet
- hang up (a body) on a gibbetexecute by hanging hang by the neck send to the gallows send to the gibbet send to the scaffold gibbet put to death
- execute (someone) by hanging
- subject to ridicule and derision
"poor Melbourne is gibbeted in The Times"