English-Thai Dictionary

pillory

N ขื่อ คอ และมือ  ขื่อ คอ  chue-kor-lea-mue

 

pillory

VT ประจาน  pra-jan

 

pillory

VT ใส่ ขื่อ คอ และมือ  ใส่ ขื่อ คอ  crucify sai-chue-kor-lea-mue

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PILLORY

n.[L. palus, a stake, a pile. ] A frame of wood erected on posts, with movable boards and holes, through which are put the head and hands of a criminal for punishment.

 

PILLORY

v.t.To punish with the pillory.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PILLORY

Pil "lo *ry, n.; pl. Pillories. Etym: [F. pilori; cf. Pr. espitlori,LL. piloricum, pilloricum, pellericum, pellorium, pilorium, spilorium; perhaps from a derivative of L. speculari to look around, observe. Cf. Speculate. ]

 

Defn: A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it. Shak.

 

PILLORY

Pil "lo *ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pilloried; p. pr. & vb. n.Pillorying.] Etym: [Cf. F. pilorier.]

 

1. To set in, or punish with, the pillory. "Hungering for Puritans to pillory. " Macaulay.

 

2. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. Gladstone.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pillory

pil lo ry |ˈpilərē ˈpɪləri | historical ▶noun ( pl. pillories ) a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which an offender was imprisoned and exposed to public abuse. ▶verb ( pillories, pillorying, pilloried ) [ with obj. ] 1 put (someone ) in the pillory. 2 attack or ridicule publicly: he found himself pilloried by members of his own party. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French pilori, probably from Provençal espilori (associated by some with a Catalan word meaning ‘peephole, ’ of uncertain origin ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

pillory

pil |lory |ˈpɪləri | ▶noun ( pl. pillories ) a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse. ▶verb ( pillories, pillorying, pilloried ) [ with obj. ] 1 historical put (someone ) in a pillory. 2 attack or ridicule publicly: he found himself pilloried by members of his own party. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French pilori, probably from Provençal espilori (associated by some with a Catalan word meaning ‘peephole ’, of uncertain origin ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pillory

pillory noun offenders were put in the pillory: stocks. ▶verb 1 he was pilloried by the press: attack, criticize, censure, condemn, denigrate, lambaste, savage, stigmatize, denounce; informal knock, slam, pan, bash, crucify, hammer, pummel; formal excoriate. 2 they were pilloried at school: ridicule, jeer at, sneer at, deride, mock, scorn, make fun of, poke fun at, laugh at, scoff at, tease, taunt; informal rib, josh, razz.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pillory

pillory noun offenders were punished by being put in the pillory: stocks. ▶verb 1 he was savagely pilloried by the press: attack, criticize, censure, condemn, denigrate, find fault with, give a bad press to, lambaste, flay, savage, brand, stigmatize, cast a slur on, denounce; informal knock, slam, pan, bash, take to pieces, take apart, crucify, monster, hammer, lay into, slate, rubbish, slag off, roast, skewer; N. Amer. informal pummel; Austral. /NZ informal bag; archaic slash; rare excoriate. 2 his children were pilloried at school and his wife humiliated: ridicule, jeer at, sneer at, deride, show up, hold up to shame, mock, hold up to ridicule, heap scorn on, treat with contempt, scorn, make fun of, poke fun at, laugh at, make jokes about, scoff at, be sarcastic about, tease, taunt, rag, chaff, jibe at, twit; informal kid, rib, josh, wind up, take the mickey out of, make a monkey of; N. Amer. informal goof on, rag on, razz, pull someone's chain; Austral. /NZ informal chiack, poke mullock at, sling off at; Brit. vulgar slang take the piss (out of ); archaic quiz, flout (at ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pillory

pil lo ry /pɪ́l (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ries C 1 (昔の )さらし台 〘罪人の首と手首を固定する刑具 〙.2 (公衆の )物笑い .動詞 -ries ; -ried ; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈人 〉をさらし台にさらす .2 ｟かたく ｠〖通例be -ried 〗〈人が 〉笑い物になる .