gibbet

gibbet (jib-it), n. Hist. A post with one arm extending from the top, from which criminals are either executed by hanging or suspended after death as a warning to other potential offenders; a type of gallows.

double gibbet. A gibbet with two arms extending from its top so that it resembles a capital “T.”

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