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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
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     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.
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     2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is
        suspended; the jib.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gibbet \Gib"bet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gibbeted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Gibbeting}.]
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     1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
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     2. To expose to infamy; to blacken.
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              I'll gibbet up his name.              --Oldham.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gibbet
       n : instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from
           which condemned persons are executed by hanging [syn: {gallows},
            {gallows tree}, {gallows-tree}, {gallous}]
       v 1: hang on an execution instrument
       2: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: {pillory}]

















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