Definition of gibbets Gibbets
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What does gibbets mean?
Wiktionary 
- gibbets (Noun)
Plural of gibbet.
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| gibbet - hang on an execution instrument | ||
| string up, hang suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste; "hang the venison for a few days" | ||
| gibbet - expose to ridicule or public scorn | ||
| pillory | ||
| display, exhibit, expose attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gibbet (n.)
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. - gibbet (n.)
The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib. - gibbet (v. t.)
To hang and expose on a gibbet. - gibbet (v. t.)
To expose to infamy; to blacken.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gibbet
jib′et, n. a gallows on which criminals were suspended after execution: the projecting beam of a crane.—v.t. to expose on a gibbet. [O. Fr. gibet, a stick; origin unknown.]
