HyperDic: whipping_post

English > 1 sense of the expression *whipping post*:
NOUN	artifact	whipping post	post formerly used in public / public to which offenders are tied to be whipped

English > *whipping post*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	post formerly used in public / public to which offenders are tied to be whipped.
Broader	post	An upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position