Usually means: Gallows for hanging by noose.
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  1. gibbets: Merriam-Webster
  2. gibbets: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gibbets: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gibbets: Vocabulary.com
  5. Gibbets, gibbets: Wordnik
  6. gibbets: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. gibbets: Wiktionary
  8. gibbets: Dictionary.com
  9. Gibbets: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. gibbets: TheFreeDictionary.com

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(Note: See gibbet as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gibbet)

noun:  An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
noun:  The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
noun:  A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
verb:  (transitive) To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
verb:  (transitive) To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.
▸ Also see gibbet


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