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It was not until 1752 that gibbeting was recognized by statute.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various

It walks abroad, it continues its ravages, whilst you are gibbeting the carcass or demolishing the tomb.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

I think your success in gibbeting me is not certain.

From Romola by Eliot, George

Next we come to the gibbeting of a Threlkeld man, one of the earliest recorded instances of that punishment being imposed in the County Palatine.

From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel

The treasurer's accounts for Derbyshire, for 1815-16, show, says Dr. Cox, that the punishment of gibbeting involved a serious inroad on the county finances.

From Bygone Punishments by Andrews, William