PILORY (collistrigium, that is, collum stringens; pilloria, from the French pilleur, meaning depeculator; or pelori, derived from the Greek πύλῃ, janua, a door, because one standing on the pillory puts his head as it were through a door, and isus, video) is an engine made of wood, to punish offenders, by exposing them to public view, and rendering them infamous.