gibbet
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gibbet
- /ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/
Rhymes with -ɪbɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).
noun gibbets
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An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
Near-synonym: gallows
Similar: gallows
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The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
Similar: jib
- A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
verb gibbets · gibbeting · gibbetting · gibbeted · gibbetted
- To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet. The same animal which hath the honour to have some part of his flesh eaten at the table of a duke, may perhaps be degraded in another part, and some of his limbs gibbeted, as it were, in the vilest stall in town. Where, then, lies the difference between the food of the nobleman and the porter, if bo
- To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.
Translations
Talk about this word "gibbet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gibbet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gibbet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gibbet "gibbet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gibbet.Cite this
@misc{gibbet_2026,
title = {gibbet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gibbet},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
