gibbet

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib. Source: opted

3. v. t. To hang and expose on a gibbet. Source: opted

4. v. t. To expose to infamy; to blacken. Source: opted

5. n. alternative terms for gallows Source: wordnet

6. v. hang on an execution instrument Source: wordnet

7. v. expose to ridicule or public scorn Source: wordnet

8. 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. 1. To hang and expose on a gibbet. 2. To expose to infamy; to blacken. I'll gibbet up his name. Oldham. Source: webster

9. n:100 v. hang on an execution instrument Source: ecdict

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