pillory
A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of…A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
» Those practices were pilloried by the government.
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1 senses(historical)A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
Pranger, Schandpfahl
позо́рный столбpozórnyj stolb
гане́бний стовпhanébnyj stovp
a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
Examples
1 sentencesThose practices were pilloried by the government.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pilory, pillorie, from Old French pilori, pellori, which is either froFrom Middle English pilory, pillorie, from Old French pilori, pellori, which is either from Old Occitan espilori or Latin pīla (“pillar”).
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