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Meaning of 'gibbet' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Gibbet [ n.]
- 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.
- The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
2 . Gibbet [ v. t.]
- To hang and expose on a gibbet.
- To expose to infamy; to blacken.

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