n. & v.
--n. hist.
1. a a gallows. b an upright post with an arm on which the bodies of executed criminals were hung up.
2 (prec. by the) death by hanging.
--v.tr. (gibbeted, gibbeting)
1. put to death by hanging.
2 a expose on a gibbet. b hang up as on a gibbet.
3 hold up to contempt.
Etymology: ME f. OF gibet gallows dimin. of gibe club, prob. f. Gmc