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gibbet
noun
[ ˈdʒɪbɪt ]
• a gallows.
gibbet
verb
• hang up (a body) on a gibbet.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French gibet ‘staff, cudgel, gallows’, diminutive of gibe ‘club, staff’, probably of Germanic origin.
