gibbets
gib-bets
verb
(Third person singular present tense) Hangs or exposes a body on a gibbet as a public deterrent.
"The law gibbets the traitor's remains."
noun
Upright posts with projecting arms, used historically to display executed criminals' bodies publicly.
"The grim gibbets stood on the hill."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: pillory, gallows tree, gallows-tree, gallous