Found 2 items, similar to Gibbeting.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: gibbet gibbet n : instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging [syn: gallows, gallows tree, gallows-tree, gallous] v 1: hang on an execution instrument 2: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: pillory]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Gibbeting Gibbet \Gib"bet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbeting.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hang and expose on a gibbet. [1913 Webster] 2. To expose to infamy; to blacken. [1913 Webster] I'll gibbet up his name. --Oldham. [1913 Webster]