1. A gallows or wooden post with an arm from which the bodies of executed criminals were formerly hung as a public warning.
Usage: Usually plural or used in historical contexts; archaic

1. To hang (a person) on a gibbet; to execute by hanging.
Usage: archaic; transitive
2. To expose to public scorn or ridicule.
Usage: figurative; archaic

Examples

• The old gibbets stood as grim reminders of medieval justice.
• Criminals were gibbeted in the town square as a warning to others.
• The newspaper gibbeted the corrupt official for his crimes.
• The remains hung from the gibbets for months.
• History books describe how gibbets were used in public executions.
• The author gibbeted the villain's reputation throughout the novel.