Gibbet

Gib´bet

n.	1.
	1.	A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain as a warning.
	2.	The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
v. t.	1.	To hang and expose on a gibbet.
	2.	To expose to infamy; to blacken. I'll gibbet up his name. - Oldham.

Noun	1.	gibbet - instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging Synonyms: gallous, gallows, gallows tree, gallows-tree
Verb	1.	gibbet - hang on an execution instrument
	2.	gibbet - expose to ridicule or public scorn Synonyms: pillory