Gibbet Definition

jĭbĭt
gibbets
noun
gibbets
A device used for hanging a person until dead; a gallows.
American Heritage
A gallows.
Webster's New World
A structure like a gallows, from which bodies of criminals already executed were hung and exposed to public scorn.
Webster's New World

The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

Wiktionary
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verb
gibbets
To execute by hanging.
Webster's New World
To hang on a gibbet.
Webster's New World
To expose to public scorn.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Gibbet

Noun

Singular:
gibbet
Plural:
gibbets

Origin of Gibbet

  • From Old French gibet (Modern French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English gibet from Old French diminutive of gibe staff probably from Frankish gibb forked stick

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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