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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gibbet, n. Also: gibbett, -it, -at(t, -ot(t, gibett, gippit; gybett, -it, gybbet(t, -ate. [e.m.E. gibbet, ME. gybbyt, -ate, gibet (a 1225), OF. gibbet. See also Gebet and Jibbet.]

1. A gallows or gibbet. c1400 Troy-bk. II. 2228.
All that evir he tuke but let [he] Gart hangit be on a gibbet a1500 Lanc. 473.
He commandit … vther fyue be to the gibbot tone 1530 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 37.
Because … he has eschapit and fallin of the gibbat 1563 Digest Justiciary Proc. E. 17.
The said Thomas Peblis … to be hangit on ane gibbott at the mercat croce of Edinburgh 1577 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 63.
It is ordanit that the … crames thairfoir be put betuix the cors gutter and the gibbet 1596 Dalr. II. 46/32.
Robert Grahames hand … was sa hard bund vpon the gybbet 1629 Orkney Bp. Ct. MS. 73.
The pannell … to be hangit vpoun the gippit thair to the death

2. A device for suspending a bucket. 1477 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 408.
A bukket and a gybbate that it hang by