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noun

a gallows with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of criminals were formerly hung in chains and left suspended after execution.

verb (used with object)

to hang on a gibbet.

to put to death by hanging on a gibbet.

to hold up to public scorn.

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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French gibet (earlier, staff or cudgel), diminutive of gibe staff, club

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Rembrandt made two drawings of the lifeless body attached to the gibbet.

The gibbet has only increased his glory and made him a martyr.

Finally, exasperated, the young boy's father answered by drawing a picture of a man on a gibbet.

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gibbet (ˈdʒɪbɪt)

—n
1.	a. a wooden structure resembling a gallows, from which the bodies of executed criminals were formerly hung to public view
	b. a gallows

—vb
2.	to put to death by hanging on a gibbet
3.	to hang (a corpse) on a gibbet
4.	to expose to public ridicule

[C13: from Old French gibet gallows, literally: little cudgel, from gibe cudgel; of uncertain origin]

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gibbet

early 13c., "gallows," from O.Fr. gibet, dim. of gibe "club," perhaps from Frankish. *gibb "forked stick." The verb meaning "to kill by hanging" is from 1640s.

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