Meaning Of Gibbet

n.

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 asa warning.

n.

The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

v. t.

To hang and expose on a gibbet.

v. t.

To expose to infamy; to blacken.