British spelling of gibbeting; the act of hanging criminals on a gibbet as judicial punishment.
British variant of 'gibbeting,' using the double-t convention when adding the '-ing' suffix to 'gibbet.' Appears in British historical records and literature.
British spelling variants like 'gibbetting' are why British historical novels look slightly 'foreign' to American readers—the extra 't' is a tiny linguistic marker of cultural difference that's been baked into English since the printing press!
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