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


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