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.