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gibbetting

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gib·bet   (jĭb'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. A device used for hanging a person until dead; a gallows.

  2. An upright post with a crosspiece, forming a T-shaped structure from which executed criminals were formerly hung for public viewing.

tr.v.   gib·bet·ed or gib·bet·ted, gib·bet·ing or gib·bet·ting, gib·bets

  1. To execute by hanging on a gibbet.

    1. To hang on a gibbet for public viewing.

    2. To expose to infamy or public ridicule.


[Middle English gibet, from Old French, diminutive of gibe, staff, probably from Frankish *gibb, forked stick.]
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