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Definition of Gibbet

Gibbet
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.] 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.

Meaning of Gibbet from wikipedia

- Gibbeting is the use of a gallows-type structure from which the dead or dying bodies of criminals were hanged on public display to deter other existing...
- Combe Gibbet is a gibbet at the top of Gallows Down, near the village and just within the civil parish of Combe in Berkshire (formerly Hampshire), England...
- Caxton Gibbet is a small knoll on the Ermine Street Roman road (now the A1198) in England, running between London and Huntingdon, near its crossing with...
- 53°43′25″N 1°52′03″W / 53.72372°N 1.8674°W / 53.72372; -1.8674 The Halifax Gibbet /ˈhælɪfæks ˈdʒɪbɪt/ was an early guillotine used in the town of Halifax...
- Gibbet Hill may refer to: Gibbet Hill (County Wexford), a summit and marilyn in Ireland Gibbet Hill (M****achusetts), a summit in the United States Gibbet...
- The Gibbet of Montfaucon (French: Gibet de Montfaucon) was the main gallows and gibbet of the Kings of France until the time of Louis XIII of France. It...
- Gibbet Mill may refer to a number of windmills: Gibbet Mill, Rye, East Sus**** Gibbet Mill, Great Saughall, a windmill in Great Saughall, Cheshire, UK Gibbet...
- Gibbet Hill is a summit in the U.S. state of M****achusetts. The elevation is 469 feet (143 m). According to tradition, the name recalls an incident when...
- shepherd's crook, adopted in English as crosier. Latin crux referred to the gibbet where criminals were executed, a stake or pole, with or without transom...
- "Gibbet Hill" is an 1890 short story by Bram Stoker first published in a Christmas supplement of the Daily Express Dublin Edition. The story was unknown...