gibbet

gibbet has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. alternative terms for gallows
• v.. expose to ridicule or public scorn
• v.. hang on an execution instrument