Pranger

Etymology
From northern (13th c.), derived from, a West Central German form of , , from  (compare 🇨🇬). Not related with, but possibly at some point associated with it.

Noun

 * 1) pillory; any construction to hold someone for public humiliation
 * 2) * 1904, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Was die Heimat erzählt, Arwed Strauch, page 197:
 * "de"
 * "de"

- Wer am Pranger stand, der konnte von jedermann verhöhnt, verlacht, verspottet, ja mit Schmutz und Kot beworfen werden.