About The Word Gibbet
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Gibbet
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What's The Definition Of 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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Gibbet: gallous | gallows | gallowstree | pillory Related Terms | Find terms related to Gibbet: See Also | display | exhibit | expose | hang | hangman's halter | hangman's rope | hemp | hempen necktie | instrument of execution | string up Gibbet In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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