Past tense of gibbet with British spelling, using double 't' before the '-ed' suffix; hanged on a gibbet.
British spelling variant of 'gibbeted,' following the convention of doubling consonants before suffixes in British English (similar to 'travelled' vs. American 'traveled').
The British preferred spelling 'gibbetted' shows how different English dialects evolved separate conventions for adding suffixes to short words—it's one small reason why British and American English look so different in their historical documents!
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