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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
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 as a
warning.
1913 webster
2. the projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is
suspended; the jib.
1913 webster
see also:
jupon
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gibbet \gib"bet\, v. t. imp. p. p. gibbeted; p. pr. vb.
n. gibbeting.
1913 webster
1. to hang and expose on a gibbet.
1913 webster
2. to expose to infamy; to blacken.
1913 webster
i'll gibbet up his name. --oldham.
1913 webster
see also:
gibbeted gibbeting
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
gibbet
n : instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from
which condemned persons are executed by hanging syn: gallows,
gallows tree, gallows-tree, gallous
v 1: hang on an execution instrument
2: expose to ridicule or public scorn syn: pillory
see also:
gallows gallows tree gallows-tree gallous pillory
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