WHIPPING POST
(noun)Definitions
There is 1 meaning of the phrase
Whipping Post.
Whipping Post - as a noun
Post formerly used in public to which offenders are tied to be whipped
Example Sentences
"The colonists tied the criminal to the whipping post as punishment."
"He was sentenced to thirty lashes at the whipping post."
"The old town square still has a preserved whipping post."
"During colonial times, the whipping post was a common form of punishment."
"The convicted thief was publicly flogged at the whipping post."