English to English
pillory
('p/I/l/@/r/i/
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noun (n)
- 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(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- punish by putting in a pillory(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- To set in, or punish with, the pillory.(verb)source: webster1913