n. & v.
n. (pl. -ies) hist. a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, enabling the public to assault or ridicule a person so imprisoned.
v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 expose (a person) to ridicule or public contempt. 2 hist. put in the pillory.
[ ME f. AL pillorium f. OF pilori etc.: prob. f. Prov. espilori of uncert. orig. ]