n. [ OE. gibet, F. gibet, in OF. also club, fr. LL. gibetum;; cf. OF. gibe sort of sickle or hook, It. giubbetto gibbet, and giubbetta, dim. of giubba mane, also, an under waistcoat, doublet, Prov. It. gibba (cf. Jupon); so that it perhaps originally signified a halter, a rope round the neck of malefactors; or it is, perhaps, derived fr. L. gibbus hunched, humped, E. gibbous; or cf. E. jib a sail. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib. [ 1913 Webster ]
[talaēngkaēng] (n) EN: gallows ; scaffold ; gibbet ; place where prisoners are executed ; place for the execution of criminals FR: échafaud [ m ] ; potence [ f ] ; gibet [ m ]
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