stoop

The pillory. The cull was served for macing and napp'd the stoop; he was convicted of swindling, and put in the pillory.

Stoop
·noun A post fixed in the earth. II. Stoop ·noun A vessel of liquor; a flagon. III. Stoop ·vt To <...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
stoop
(Dutch, stoep.) The steps at the entrance of a house; door-steps. It is also applied to a porch with...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
stoop
a post fastened into the earth ; from the Latin STUPA. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
stoop-nappers
Persons set in the pillory. CANT. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose