(collistrigium, that is, collum stringens; pilioria, from the French pilier, meaning decapitator; or pelori, derived from the Greek πελος, jama, a door, because one standing on the pillory puts his head as it were through a door, and ιδα, video) is an engine made of wood, to punish offenders, by exposing them to public view, and rendering them infamous.