the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule > talked about, gazed or pointed at
1592 T. Kyd 5 Suffer mee not to be a poynting marke for others, and a shame among my neighbours.
1616 iii. 23 Dishonoured with the title of a Curtizan, a pointing marke for vertuous Ladies, a staine of woman-hood.