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Definition of Gibbet
1. Verb. Hang on an execution instrument.
2. Noun. Alternative terms for gallows.
3. Verb. Expose to ridicule or public scorn.
Definition of Gibbet
1. 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 bodies allowed to remain as a warning.
2. v. t. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
Definition of Gibbet
1. Noun. An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gibbet
1. to execute by hanging [v -BETED, -BETING, -BETS or -BETTED, -BETTING, -BETS]
Medical Definition of Gibbet
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 asa warning. 2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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