What does "gibbet" mean?
Gibbet: The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
Additional senses
- 2.To hang and expose on a gibbet.
- 3.To expose to infamy; to blacken. I'll gibbet up his name. Oldham.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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