单词 | to ride on a cowl-staff |
释义 | > as lemmasto ride on a cowl-staff †to ride on a cowl-staff, etc.: to be set astride a pole and carried in derision about the streets; a rough form of popular punishment, inflicted esp. on a husband who allowed himself to be beaten or abused by his wife. See J. Brand Pop. Antiq. (1870) II. Nuptial Usages §35.extracted from cowl-staffcoul-staffn.< as lemmas |
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