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   gibbet

   /ˈdʒɪbɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a gallows.
   • ▪ an upright post with an arm on which the bodies of executed criminals were left hanging as a warning or deterrent to others.
   • ▪ execution by hanging: "the four ringleaders were sentenced to the gibbet"

   verb

   • 1. hang up (a body) on a gibbet.
   • ▪ execute (someone) by hanging.
   • ▪ subject to ridicule and derision: "poor Melbourne is gibbeted in"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French gibet ‘staff, cudgel, gallows’, diminutive of gibe ‘club, staff’, probably of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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