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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gibbet \Gib"bet\, n. [OE. gibet, F. gibet, in OF also club, fr LL gibetum;; cf OF gibe sort of sickle or hook, It giubbetto gibbet, and giubbetta dim. of giubba mane, also an under waistcoat, doublet, Prov. It gibba (cf. {Jupon}); so that it perhaps originally signified a halter, a rope round the neck of malefactors; or it is perhaps, derived fr L. gibbus hunched, humped, E. gibbous; or cf E. jib a sail.] 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 asa warning. 2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gibbet \Gib"bet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gibbeted}; p. pr & vb n. {Gibbeting}.] 1. To hang and expose on a gibbet. 2. To expose to infamy; to blacken. I'll gibbet up his name --Oldham. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gibbet n : a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging [syn: {gallows}, {gallowstree}, {gallous}] v 1: hang on a gibbet 2: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: {pillory}]
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