whipping post

noun

1. a post to which persons are tied to undergo whipping as a legal penalty.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whipping post¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

The band manages one encore, “Whipping Post,” but halfway through the number the audience is busily streaming toward the exits.

From The Daily Beast

Although the whipping-post and stocks used to be common things in English towns, we saw them preserved only at Bottisford.

From Project Gutenberg

Should the rogue go to the court-house whipping post, or should Hide save the trouble of taking him there?

From Project Gutenberg

That man did not lose caste who tied up another woman and had her thrashed until she brought forth at the whipping-post.

From Project Gutenberg

While the scenes at the whipping-post on flogging-day are fresh in my mind, I have written down the story of Mary Engle.

From Project Gutenberg

A whipping post received many of the slashes, and got gradually worn down.

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