pillory's Usage Examples:

The pillory is a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used for punishment.

The Pillory of Lisbon (Portuguese: Pelourinho de Lisboa) is a pillory situated in the municipal square of the Portuguese capital (in the civil parish.

the severe treatment she received after being sentenced to stand in the pillory.

Conceição and the pillory), Aguieira (estate of the Sacadura Botte family and the pillory), Carvalhal Redondo (the Chapel and the pillory), Santar (manorhours.

The stocks, pillory, and pranger each consist of large wooden boards with hinges; however,.

Among them are the pillory (1521), the village mill (c.

the pillory and the Bailli House Moulin banal.

The pillory stands just outside town hall.

The pillory was a symbol of.

A finger pillory is a style of restraint where the fingers are held in a wooden block, using an L-shaped hole to keep the knuckle bent inside the block.

It was performed along with the pillorying or immobilisation in the stocks, and sometimes alongside punishments such.

house" or "prison", but at the time it referred to a pillory placed on Stortorget.

The pillory is first mentioned in connection with the so-called "Käpplinge.

publishing a letter about the government in 1754, and was sentenced to the pillory in addition to being fined.

A shrew's fiddle or neck violin is a variation of the yoke, pillory or rigid irons whereby the wrists are locked in front of the bound person by a hinged.

pamphleteering and political activities resulted in his arrest and placement in a pillory on 31 July 1703, principally on account of his December 1702 pamphlet entitled.

Synonyms:

gibbet; expose; display; exhibit;

Antonyms:

wrap; veil; overexpose; underexpose; keep quiet;