skimmington
noun
skim·ming·ton
ˈskimiŋtən
plural -s
1
: one publicly impersonating and ridiculing a henpecked or cuckolded husband or his shrewish or unfaithful wife
2
dialectal, England : a boisterous procession intended to ridicule an unfaithful spouse or a shrewish wife often with effigies and a mock serenade
Word History
Etymology
skimming (from gerund of skim entry 1) + -ton (as in surnames such as Washington); from the practice of representing the woman as beating her husband with a skimming ladle