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Definition of: gibbet
(jib′it) noun
An upright timber with a crosspiece projecting at right angles from its upper end, upon which criminals were formerly hanged; hence, any gallows.
—v.t. ·bet·ed or ·bet·ted, ·bet·ing or ·bet·ting
1. To execute by hanging.
2. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
3. To hold up to public contempt. [<OF gibet, dim. of gibe a staff]
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