n.
- a gallows.
- an upright post with an arm on which the bodies of executed criminals were left hanging as a warning or deterrent to others.
v.
(gibbets, gibbeting, gibbeted)
hang up on a gibbet or execute by hanging.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. gibet ‘staff, cudgel, gallows’, dimin. of gibe ‘club, staff’, prob. of Gmc origin.
