Definitions for: Gibbet


[n] instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging
[v] expose to ridicule or public scorn
[v] hang on a gibbet



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.

Synonyms: gallous, gallows, gallowstree, pillory

See Also: display, exhibit, expose, hang, hangman's halter, hangman's rope, hemp, hempen necktie, instrument of execution, string up

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