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Pillory
The pillory is a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, used during the medieval and renaissance periods for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse.[1] The pillory is related to the stocks.[2]
- ^ "definition: "Pillory"". Dictionary.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ Kellaway 2003, pp. 64–65
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