Gibbet /(?)/
Gib·bet
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 as a warning.
- The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
Gibbet
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbeting
- To hang and expose on a gibbet.
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To expose to infamy; to blacken.
I'll gibbet up his name.