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Pronunciation : Gib"bet
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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 signifie
Definition : 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 asa warning.

2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gib"bet
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.

2. To expose to infamy; to blacken. I'll gibbet up his name. Oldham.

t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbeting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913