"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 ...
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for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse. The pillory is related to the stocks.
The word is documented in English since 1274 (attested in Anglo-Latin from c. 1189), and stems from Old French pellori (1168; modern French pilori, see below), itself from medieval Latin pilloria, of uncertain origin, perhaps a diminutive of Latin pila "pillar, stone barrier"." - (en.wikipedia.org 15.01.2020)