Gibbet /(?)/

Gib·bet

Gibbet

n.
  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.

Gibbet

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbeting

  1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
  2. To expose to infamy; to blacken.
    I'll gibbet up his name.