| 单词 | ram-riding |
| 释义 | > as lemmasram-riding ram-riding n. English regional (Cornwall) (now historical) a form of popular punishment, esp. one showing disapproval for marital infidelity. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [noun] > carrying on a log or pole ram-riding1880 1880 T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words E. Cornwall in Gloss. Cornwall 98 Riding, ram-riding, a rude method, once common in our villages, but now suppressed, of marking disapproval of, or holding up to infamy, any breach of connubial fidelity. A cart, in which were seated burlesque representatives of the erring pair, was drawn through the village, attended by a procession of men and boys, blowing horns. 1891 ‘Q’ Noughts & Crosses 100 They had seized the woman..and were hauling her along in a Ram Riding... The men..had to drag her, her feet trailing, and the horns and kettles dinning in her wake. 1958 Folklore 69 36 ‘Ram riding’ was a way by which public disapproval of ‘goings-on’ was expressed. < as lemmas |
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