Gibbet GIB'BET, n. A gallows; a post or machine in form of a gallows,
on which notorious malefactors are hanged in chains, and on which
their bodies are suffered to remain, as spectacles in terrorem.
1. Any traverse beam. GIB'BET, v.t. To hang and expose on a
gibbet or gallows. 1. To hang or expose on anything going travers,
as the beam of a gibbet.
gibbet I. nounEtymology: Middle English gibet, from Anglo-French Date:
13th century 1.gallows 1a 2. an upright post with a
projecting arm for hanging the bodies of executed criminals as a warning
II. transitive verbDate: 1646 1.a. to expose to infamy or public scorn b. to hang on a gibbet
2. to execute by hanging on a gibbet
gibbet n. & v. --n. hist. 1 a a gallows. b an upright post with an arm on which the bodies of executed criminals were hung up. 2 (prec. by the) death by hanging. --v.tr. (gibbeted,
gibbeting) 1 put to death by hanging. 2 a expose on a gibbet. b hang up as on a gibbet. 3 hold up to contempt. Etymology: ME f. OF gibet gallows dimin. of gibe club, prob. f. Gmc
gibbet
ˈdʒɪbɪt n. & v. --n. hist. 1 a a gallows. b an upright post
with an arm on which the bodies of executed criminals were hung up. 2
(prec. by the) death by hanging. --v.tr. (gibbeted, gibbeting) 1 put to
death by hanging. 2 a expose on a gibbet. b hang up as on a gibbet. 3 hold
up to contempt. [ME f. OF gibet gallows dimin. of gibe club, prob. f. Gmc]
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.]
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.
Gibbet \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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