gibbet

gibbet
    n 1: alternative terms for gallows [syn: {gallows tree},
         {gallows-tree}, {gibbet}, {gallous}]
    v 1: hang on an execution instrument
    2: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: {pillory}, {gibbet}]
    

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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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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