■ noun ( plural pillories ) a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse.
■ verb ( pillories , ~ing , pilloried )
1》 put in a ~.
2》 attack or ridicule publicly.
Origin
ME: from OFr. pilori , prob. from Provençal espilori (perh. related to a Catalan word meaning 'peephole').