noun
- a gallows or wooden post with a projecting arm for hanging criminals
Usage: historical
verb
- to hang on a gibbet
- to expose to public ridicule
Usage: historical
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The criminal’s body was left hanging from the gibbet as a warning to others.
- Medieval towns often had a gibbet at their entrance.
- Pirates were sometimes gibbeted at the harbor.
- The corrupt official was gibbeted in the press.
- Historical records show the gibbet was used for public executions.
- The author gibbeted his critics in his latest essay.