さらし【さらしだい】

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  1. pillory; stocks; gibbethistorical term
Forms
  • さらし【さらしだい】
  • し【さらしだい】
  • さらしだい
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. pillory
    2. This meaning refers to a device used historically for punishment, where individuals were publicly displayed and mocked. It highlights social control and punishment practices in historical contexts.
    In the town square, there was a pillory where prisoners were once displayed.
    In that story, there is a scene where the protagonist is punished at the pillory.
  2. stocks
    3. Similar to pillory, this meaning indicates a form of public humiliation and punishment where a person's feet are locked in place. It was used as a deterrent against certain behaviors.
    Old historical documents record that peasants were placed in the stocks.
    In the center of the city, those who committed wrongdoings were put in the stocks.
  3. gibbet
    4. This meaning refers to a structure for hanging the bodies of executed criminals as a warning to others. It conveys the severity of punishment and serves as a grizzly reminder of law enforcement.
    In that village, the bodies of criminals were hung on the gibbet.
    He was to be hanged on the gibbet as a warning to others.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to put someone on the pilloryto stand in the stockspunishment by pillorypublic execution on the pilloryhistorical pilloryhumiliation on the stocksmedieval pilloryto show the stockspillory in the town squarepunishment by pillory
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