Definitions
1.nounAn upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
2.nounThe projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
3.nounA human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
4.verbTo execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
5.verbTo expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.