'Gibbet' definitions:

Definition of 'gibbet'

noun

Alternative terms for gallows [syn: gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet, gallous]

verb

Hang on an execution instrument

verb

Expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: pillory, gibbet]

From: GCIDE

Gibbet \Gib"bet\, n. [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.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Gibbet \Gib"bet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbeting.] [1913 Webster]
1. To hang and expose on a gibbet. [1913 Webster]
2. To expose to infamy; to blacken. [1913 Webster]
I'll gibbet up his name. --Oldham. [1913 Webster]