Skimmington
Pronunciation : Skim"ming*ton
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Etymol. uncertain. Perhaps the name of some notorius scold.]
Definition : Defn: 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