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GIBBET
pillory, gibbet
(verb) expose to ridicule or public scorn
gibbet
(verb) hang on an execution instrument
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gibbet (plural gibbets)
An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
Synonym: gallows
The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
Verb
gibbet (third-person singular simple present gibbets, present participle gibbetting or gibbeting, simple past and past participle gibbetted or gibbeted)
(transitive) To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
(transitive) To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.
Source: Wiktionary
Gib"bet, n. Etym: [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.]
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.
Gib"bet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbeting.]
1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
2. To expose to infamy; to blacken. I'll gibbet up his name. Oldham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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