Definition of whipping post in English:

whipping post

noun

historical

A post to which offenders were tied in order to be whipped as a public punishment.
〈史〉（捆绑要鞭笞示众的罪犯的）鞭笞柱
Example sentencesExamples
- Puzzled, Michael lifted his head to follow her gaze and found himself looking at the man he had seen chained to the whipping post.
- There's a terrible scene where he is chained to a whipping post and flogged with sadistic pleasure by brutish Roman guards.
- Between April and October, the town crier issues a daily proclamation at the High Cross, where in bygone times you would have found bear-baiting, stocks and a whipping post.
- For instance, in a quiet square in Oakham, Leicestershire I spotted the town's 15th century whipping post and stocks.
- In 1908, the police chief recommended the whipping post for wife-beaters.

Definition of whipping post in US English:

whipping post

nounˈ(h)wipiNG ˌpōst

historical

A post to which offenders were tied in order to be whipped as a public punishment.
〈史〉（捆绑要鞭笞示众的罪犯的）鞭笞柱
Example sentencesExamples
- For instance, in a quiet square in Oakham, Leicestershire I spotted the town's 15th century whipping post and stocks.
- Between April and October, the town crier issues a daily proclamation at the High Cross, where in bygone times you would have found bear-baiting, stocks and a whipping post.
- In 1908, the police chief recommended the whipping post for wife-beaters.
- Puzzled, Michael lifted his head to follow her gaze and found himself looking at the man he had seen chained to the whipping post.
- There's a terrible scene where he is chained to a whipping post and flogged with sadistic pleasure by brutish Roman guards.

词汇	whipping post
释义	Definition of whipping post in English: whipping post noun historical A post to which offenders were tied in order to be whipped as a public punishment. 〈史〉（捆绑要鞭笞示众的罪犯的）鞭笞柱 Example sentencesExamples Puzzled, Michael lifted his head to follow her gaze and found himself looking at the man he had seen chained to the whipping post. There's a terrible scene where he is chained to a whipping post and flogged with sadistic pleasure by brutish Roman guards. Between April and October, the town crier issues a daily proclamation at the High Cross, where in bygone times you would have found bear-baiting, stocks and a whipping post. For instance, in a quiet square in Oakham, Leicestershire I spotted the town's 15th century whipping post and stocks. In 1908, the police chief recommended the whipping post for wife-beaters. Definition of whipping post in US English: whipping post nounˈ(h)wipiNG ˌpōst historical A post to which offenders were tied in order to be whipped as a public punishment. 〈史〉（捆绑要鞭笞示众的罪犯的）鞭笞柱 Example sentencesExamples For instance, in a quiet square in Oakham, Leicestershire I spotted the town's 15th century whipping post and stocks. Between April and October, the town crier issues a daily proclamation at the High Cross, where in bygone times you would have found bear-baiting, stocks and a whipping post. In 1908, the police chief recommended the whipping post for wife-beaters. Puzzled, Michael lifted his head to follow her gaze and found himself looking at the man he had seen chained to the whipping post. There's a terrible scene where he is chained to a whipping post and flogged with sadistic pleasure by brutish Roman guards.
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