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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gebet, Gebat, n. Also: gebbet, gebeit, geibet, geibbet(t, geibbit; gebate, gebbat, geibat. [ME. gebet, gebat, varr. of gybet, gibet (a 1225), OF. gibet. Cf. Jebet and Gibbet.] A gibbet.(a) a1400 Leg. S. iii. 331.
Apone a gebat he wes done Ib. 333.
That gebat was the haly tre 1456 Hay I. 184/20.
Ony other [man] that justice slais and his body to the gebat 1530 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 37.
Forsamekle as Dauid Duly was decernit … to be hangit on ane gebat befor his awin durr 1533 Boece iv. viii. 137 b.
Cornan … apoun ane heich gebate was constrynit to end 1585 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 56.
Thay haif ordanit the geibattis to be maid and affixit(b) a1400 Leg. S. xix. 523.
He … bad thame … A gebet sone to ger ma Ib. xxviii. 352.
Til honour hyme that hangit was One a gebbet for his trespas c1420 Wynt. vi. 1796 (W).
On the hieast hill … He gert that hie gebet [R. gallows] be set 1533 Boece vi. iii. 189 b.
The king … returnyng to the ilis quhare he fand the lymmaris gart hang thame on the gebet 1554–5 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 133.
For takin of ane greit gebet furth of the nether tolbuith … to haif hangit hommill Jok on 1581 Digest Justiciary Proc. K. 16.
The said Johne Bynning to be tane to the croce of Edinburgh and thair hangit wpone ane geibbet 1596 Dalr. II. 46/26.
Thir quarters war fixte vpon lang geibets 1635–6 Misc. Spald. C. V. 104.
For tymmer, and making 1 geibbit to Futties Lynks