Whipping Post
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A post to which criminals are tied to inflict the punishment of whipping, which is in use in Delaware, and perhaps one or two other states.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A post to which offenders were tied and then whipped.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A post or stake to which a criminal is tied to undergo the punishment of whipping. This penalty is now abolished, except in a few states.