| n. | 1. | |
| 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 as a warning. | |
| 2. | The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To hang and expose on a gibbet. |
| 2. | To expose to infamy; to blacken. |
| Noun | 1. | gibbet - instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging |
| Verb | 1. | gibbet - hang on an execution instrument |
| 2. | gibbet - expose to ridicule or public scorn Synonyms: pillory |