pillory

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PIL'LORY, noun [Latin palus, a stake, a pile.] A frame of wood erected on posts, with movable boards and holes, through which are put the head and hands of a criminal for punishment. PIL'LORY, verb transitive To punish with the pillory
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