Gibbet

·vt To hang and expose on a gibbet.

II. Gibbet ·vt To expose to infamy; to Blacken.

III. Gibbet ·noun The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

IV. Gibbet ·noun 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.