early 13c., "gallows," from Old French gibet "gallows; a bent stick, small stick with a cross" (13c.), diminutive of gibe "club; hoe," perhaps from Frankish *gibb "forked stick." "Originally synonymous with GALLOWS sb., but in later use signifying an upright post with projecting arm from which the bodies of criminals were hung in chains or irons after execution" [OED].
gibbet (v.)
"to kill by hanging," 1590s, from gibbet (n.). Also "to hang a dead body in a public place for the sake of infamous exposure;" hence, figuratively "expose to ridicule" (1640s). Related: Gibbeted; gibbeting.
例文
1. We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet .
絞首刑台にぶら下がっていた匪賊のミイラを通過した。
2.We 're that near the gibbet that my neck 's stiff with thinking on it.
絞り棚に上がる日は遠くないと思うと首まで硬くなる。
-金銀島
3.The criminals were hanged on the gibbet .
犯人は絞首刑に突き上げられて死亡した。
4.Here you turn，and lo！a gibbet ！
振り向いてみてください！絞首刑台を差し上げます！
5.He was probably put on a gibbet and made to stand in a loose,foetal position.