[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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