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Definition of Gibbeted

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 Gibbeted from wikipedia

- pirates were gibbeted in New York c. 1815. The January 1921 issue of The National Geographic Magazine contains two photographs of gibbet cages, referenced...
- 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...
- were hanged in Winchester before being gibbeted at Combe. After the 1676 gibbet rotted, a total of 7 replica gibbets have stood in its place, the most recent...
- 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...
- period, boasted or was otherwise detected of the crime and ordered to be gibbeted alive. In some versions, a local baker who offered him bread suffered a...
- 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...
- 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...
- incident when an Indian was gibbeted upon the summit. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gibbet Hill Green, Samuel Abbott (1912)...
- Gibbet Hill, at Hindhead, Surrey, is the apex of the scarp surrounding the Devil's Punch Bowl, not far from the A3 London to Portsmouth road in England...
- the dead bodies of criminals were hung on display. The last person to be gibbeted alive in England was a vagrant who was begging for food around Baslow and...