LekhoriLekhoriA framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
Maires and Maceris that meanes be betwene / The Kynge and the comon to kepe the lawes / To pũnyſhen on pyleries and pynning ſtoles / Bruſterrs and bakeſters, bochers and cokes / For theſe ar mẽ on this mold þᵉ moſt harme worketh / To the pore people that percel mele byghe[...]
To put in a pillory.
To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
Mike Sarne would end up making a celluloid disasterpiece that is to this day pilloried as one of the worst films ever made.
From Middle English pilory, pillorie, from Old French pilori, pellori, which is either from Old Occitan espilori or Latin pīla (“pillar”).
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To criticize harshly.
The breakthrough came through Torres who, pilloried for his miss against Manchester United a week earlier, scored his second goal of the season.