SKIMMINGTON

Noun

skimmington (plural skimmingtons)

(obsolete) A person impersonating his/her offending spouse in a procession with the aim of ridicule.

(obsolete) A ludicrous procession for the purpose of ridiculing a person's offending spouse.

(obsolete) A cuckold.

Source: Wiktionary

Skim"ming*ton, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain. Perhaps the name of some notorius scold.]

Definition: A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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