Definitions | gibbet |
| noun
- an upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
Translations: verb (gibbets, gibbeting or gibbetting , gibbeted or gibbetted)
- (transitive) to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet
- (transitive) to expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn
Etymology: From gibet
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